Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Full bilingual English Spanish
Starting Therapy entails great courage! It means that we are opened and willing to look inside ourselves, to see our light and our shadow… it allows us to recognize ourselves, what makes us uniquely who we are, identifying what we like and what we dislike, so we can modify what does not give us wellbeing or makes us suffer in the outside world and within.
The first approach to be able to decide if we are ready for this journey, is to contact the professional and connect verbally to get a sense if we feel confortable and feel rapport with that professional.
Cognitive Psychotherapy allows us to identify our beliefs, our family and cultural mandates and expectations. While seeing and relating to them, we can process if they still make sense to us, if they represent us at the present moment. We can decide if these beliefs are part of who we are.
Cognitive therapy with an analytical base, combined with rapport between client and therapist, will allow this process to be life changing.
During the years, Trauma has been of interest to me. Its consequences and specially ways to approach it, are my main focus of study. I use E.M.D.R. as the main technique to deal/ treat Trauma.
I also work with Anxiety and mood disorders. In these cases, the approach is done in two levels, one analytic and deep, exploring causes and the association with past events and the other more actual, revising and modifying beliefs, emotions and behaviors.
For this purpose, I use several techniques: relaxation with breathing sequences and visualizations. (Terapia)
In my psychotherapy sessions, I work with conventional techniques (such as: focalized listening, free association, cognitive restructuring, problem resolution and emotional regulation, as well as more ancestral and holistic techniques such as breathing and visualization, mindfulness to regulate and decrease anxiety.
E.M.D.R. Eye Movement Desensitization and reprocessing. A technique to address Trauma, to dissociate negative sensorio -perceptual and emotional effects and reactions with the traumatic memory.
I work with LGBTTTIQ community. The sessions could be individual therapy or/and with their families, to help them go through the process of expressing who they are with self love and family acceptance.
I have dedicated time to study and work with families and couples, with a systemic orientation.
I work with Adolescents and adults that wish to go trough the process of self awareness to restore well being and/or to improve symptoms and dysfunctions.
Sessions can be on-site, in my office or online, by using different platforms such as Zoom, Whatsapp video calls and others.
