Humberto Moreno Serrano, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Gerardo is a licensed therapist with 15 years of experience in the mental health field. People and colleagues tend to describe him as open, calming, empathic, and a fearless advocate for his clients. His approach to therapy incorporates multiple perspectives based on your personal goals, aiming to enhance the mind-body-spirit connection, nurture personal growth, promote healing, and help you overcome challenges. Gerardo mainly uses integrative and humanistic approaches, combining insight with skills-based frameworks. His work also includes a psychoeducational component that aims to help you build new ways of organizing your feelings, coping skills, behaviors, and relationships. He works collaboratively with each person, integrating the approaches that are most beneficial for their unique situation.

Gerardo is a therapist with over 15 years of experience working internationally (in Mexico) and in the United States with adults. He has extensive experience supporting people with mood and anxiety issues, trauma recovery, posttraumatic stress (PTSD), mental health and HIV, substance use and dual diagnosis, acculturation and transcultural issues, and attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD). He attended Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, earning a Bachelor of Science in Child/Educational Psychology, and received a master’s in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University (New Hampshire campus) in 2003. Modalities he draws from include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), culturally sensitive, existential, multicultural, person-centered, solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), strength-based, and trauma-focused approaches. Gerardo’s goal in therapy is to promote healing and create meaningful, lasting change. During therapy, you will develop your capacity for insight and understanding to support your transformation and growth. Sessions will give you tools to improve your quality of life, expand strategies to cope with challenges, improve self-regulation, encourage change, and start making healthy decisions in the here and now. Gerardo is confident that the work you do in therapy can help you become the best version of yourself.