Teletherapy for Minnesota

I am originally from Peru but I have lived in MN since 2004. Spanish is my native language. I also speak English fluently. I identify as a cis, straight, immigrant, Latina or Latinx woman & social worker. My work focuses on offering empathy, support, promoting insight, and working collaboratively to achieve goals. I strive to understand people's experiences within their own unique context and take into account larger community and social issues, and how they impact our experience. My approach to therapy is eclectic with a focus on psychodynamic, attachment based, trauma-informed, relational, multicultural and feminist approaches.

I am a Latinx bilingual licensed psychologist dedicated to supporting people from diverse cultural and economic background as they cultivate their own resilience building practices. I use my experience working with patients to determine how to best facilitate the development of a healthy mind/body. The human psyche is beautifully complicated. It can create for us moments of exhilarating joy and excruciating pain. The key to maximize joy and minimize pain is very different for each individual. It is important to have a wide range of resilience building practices to draw from in order to create individualized self-care plans.

I have over twenty years of experience as a psychotherapist treating children, individuals and families. I have been intensively trained as a child psychoanalytic psychotherapist, which has given me the basis to understand and to integrate diverse techniques during my practice for the assessment and treatment of people with different disorders. I greatly enjoy working with the Hispanic population and I have a clear understanding and respect of the cultural values and traditions of the community.

Sometimes you may find yourself experiencing conflicting emotions or in complex relationships. Therapy helps you find clarity and return to emotional wellness. I include family members in session when helpful and I explore with you ways to achieve enriching emotional and interpersonal experiences. I'm originally from Mexico and moved to MN in 1997, which allows me to provide therapy fluently in Spanish and/or English along with a personal understanding of Latino culture, American culture and multicultural relationships.

Are you feeling stuck, sad, anxious or simply feeling that you are not good enough? Do you find that you constantly compare yourself to others? Do you have a hard time communicating with those you love? There is hope! If you are ready for change, I will accompany you and focus on your inner strengths in order to meet your desired goals.

Are you wondering how past traumatic events are impacting your life? Would you like to heal from childhood trauma? Or, do you describe yourself as an angry and resentful person, and you would like to manage your emotions in a healthier way? Or, do you need to feel understood and not judged? If any of these scenarios describe you, you need a safe space to fully express all aspects of what you are experiencing in order to find emotional well-being.

Dealing with constant worry, anxiety, or self-doubt can feel like an uphill battle. Events from your past might be affecting your day-to-day life, causing you to carry unnecessary guilt, shame, or fear. Maybe you feel like, no matter what you do, you simply aren’t good enough. Or maybe you’ve reached the end of your rope with flashbacks, nightmares, sleep issues, or anxiety attacks. No matter if you suffer from anxiety that you can’t explain or are able to trace your challenges back to specific events in your past, I am here to help you navigate from hurt to healing. At this time, I have daytime/weekday availability!

I believe personal agency is key to finding meaning in distressing scenarios and growing from them. I use both Existential and solution-oriented approaches when engaging with clients and provide individuals, couples, and families with tools for self-awareness and self-empowerment through a mixture of theoretical models tailored to the client’s strengths and needs. I work to help clients establish more adaptive patterns of thinking with humor, empathy, and respect. While I will explore root causes of issues, I emphasize the importance of personal growth and identifying personal strengths.

Sometimes we all feel lost. And yet, we all have an internal guidance system that can help us understand what's important in our lives and how to make choices. My job as a therapist is to help you strengthen that connection between you and your inner knowing. My role is to help you explore and understand yourself better, gently challenge when needed and give you feedback that may help you to find your way. My hope is that after each session, you feel that your needs have have been addressed and that you leave with questions to explore or tools to try out. Change can be difficult and it is my hope that I may support you through it.

Unity FCI Therapy offers local in-person and on-line services in central MN. COVID-19 traumatized so many in our community and across the world. We offer services to individuals who suffer from depression, isolated, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, and are overwhelmed due to the unknown. We offer services via telehealth, in-home, schools, and office. We welcome you with peace and harmony to explore these challenges holistically, spiritually, and safely.

Do you need a therapist who speaks Spanish and with whom you can express yourself freely? I am accepting new clients from Florida, Minnesota, and Puerto Rico! If your emotions take control of your life, or anxiety and depression are affecting your functioning. Or if you feel unstable and without tools in your relationship with your partner or with others, I am here to help you. The feelings you experience can be exhausting, and frightening, and you don't deserve to continue suffering from this without help. I am here to walk with you, support you, and empower you on your journey to a happy, fulfilling, and purposeful life.

My approach is patient centered and eclectic and is designed to respond to client needs and priorities. From a therapeutic perspective if you come for help, we will prioritize your main complaint, and parallel to that we will discover strengths and personality priorities that will help you achieve a sustainable behavioral change. I apply Adlerian individual psychology, psychodynamic therapy, Adlerian play therapy, attachment theory, emotionally focus couples therapy, divorce discernment therapy, family system theory, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness in my daily practice.

I believe one of the bravest things you can do is better understand your own story. Working through your past allows you to better understand your patterns, beliefs, and strengths to optimize where you are headed. Too often in life, we experience events that silence us, making it hard to know where to turn. In my office I work hard to create and hold spaces for my clients that are rooted in compassion, empathy, and safety. No matter where you are in your healing journey, I believe everyone has the potential to find more peace and live closer to their authentic beings.

I work with individuals of color looking for help with ethnic/racial identity, racial trauma, chemical health, and GLBTQ persons. Racism, oppression, gender, sexuality, class, and poverty can have a significant impact on our well-being and physical and mental health. Sometimes, these experiences or life situations can lead us to reach conclusions about ourselves that keep us from living our best life. I create space in which we nurture your inner wisdom to help you grow and heal. I can also help you with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders, homelessness, trauma, loss, health, and sexuality.

Los Servicios estan disponibles en Espanol. El primer paso, ya lo tomo. Llamenos. It is not an easy thing to seek help, and whether you decide to call me or someone else, there is no wrong step in that. I believe the therapeutic relationship is key in treatment. I've had my share of struggles, and believe that life and professional experience has prepared me to provide you with creative and effective therapy. My approach is collaborative and empathic, I encourage trust and therapeutic relationship. I'd like to help you figure this out, achieve your goals, reach a healthier life, emotional stability, and a calm state of mind.