My Approach to Helping
As a neurodivergent-affirming and culturally responsive therapist, I support individuals and couples navigating complex intersectional identities. Whether you're in a mixed-neurotype relationship with communication challenges, an LGBTQ+ couple seeking affirming care, or a BIPOC individual experiencing microaggressions, I see beyond mainstream approaches that often miss your unique experience. You deserve care that honors your cultural background, neurotype, gender expression, and authentic relationship patterns.
Imagine therapy where your experiences aren't pathologized, your sensory needs are accommodated, and your relationship structure is respected. Healing happens when you're truly seen. Whether rebuilding intimacy after trauma or finding language for your complex experience, I'd be honored to support your journey toward authentic connection.
More Info About My Practice
I am a neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, and trauma specialist who focuses on trauma-informed therapy for neurodivergent adults, LGBTQ+ couples, and individuals healing from relational trauma using a decolonial lens. My approach integrates somatic practices, depth work, and nervous system regulation while challenging dominant narratives about "healthy" relationships, creating space for your authentic expression.
My Guiding Ethical Principles
I believe that I have the privilege and duty to be authentic and transparent about my social locations so you can make an informed choice about working with me:
-I am a 39 year old cisgender, bisexual woman
-Biracial, fourth generation Mexican American and white. I have Spanish, Portuguese, Southern European, Eastern European, and Mexican Indigenous ancestral lineage.
-I embrace myself as a deep feeler, an empath, an HSP (highly sensitive person), neurodivergent person, and an INFJ.
-Aquarius sun, Cancer rising, Pisces moon
I believe that the personal is political and every lived experience encompasses multiple identities impacted by social and cultural contexts. In my practice, I integrate discussions of systemic oppression as these factors cannot be overlooked when understanding individual struggles.
My decolonizing practice honors ancestral wisdom and intergenerational patterns while challenging dominant Western therapeutic models that often pathologize cultural differences and neurodivergence. I approach healing through a feminist, anti-oppressive lens.
I recognize that individual change within therapy will be impeded if larger systems remain unchanged. My role extends into therapeutic advocacy through continuous learning, providing resources, and challenging -isms.
I am a lifelong student: trauma-informed, actively anti-racist, culturally humble, LGBTQ+ affirming, and neurodivergent affirming. Healing happens when you?re no longer asked to fragment yourself.
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