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About My Clients
I am interested in working with individuals feeling the effects of and who are being pushed to the margins of society at large, navigating the roles assigned to them throughout their lives, the systemic oppression they may be facing, and more. I believe in working to make mental healthcare more accessible for marginalized communities.
My Background and Approach
I am a queer Cuban and Puerto Rican, American-born clinician from South Florida. I am a therapist at Wove Therapy under the supervision of Alpana Choudhury, LMHC. I completed her MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Northwestern University and received my BA in Government and Sociology from Wesleyan University. I approach therapy with an eclectic perspective, integrating an anti-oppressive, person-centered, and trauma-informed lens. In my work with clients, I draw from psychodynamic therapy, existentialism, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). I have volunteer experience with Exhale Textline, providing non-judgmental support to individuals navigating a full range of feelings following their abortion experiences.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I aim to meet clients where they are and honor the client in their entirety, including the parts that we may have been taught to hide or be ashamed of. I work to create an open and safe space in sessions using empathy. My work as a therapist is deeply rooted in the recognition that mental health is linked to interconnectedness and community, rather than in the historically individualistic Western perspective often associated with it. To quote the wisdom of intersectional, Black feminist author, bell hooks: “rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.” I aim to hold this truth throughout my work with clients, actively seeking to join together and collaborate in forming a healing space with every person.