Services
- Individual
- Couples
About My Clients
My clients are the people everyone else leans on. They show up, they follow through, and from the outside nothing looks wrong. Inside, they are replaying conversations that ended days ago and worn down by a standard that keeps moving. Many come for anxiety, perfectionism and people-pleasing, old experiences that still shape how they react, or relationship patterns they can name and still repeat. You do not have to be in crisis to start. Wanting something to be different is reason enough.
My Background and Approach
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, with three degrees from UT Rio Grande Valley including a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I work in English and Spanish, which matters to me because so much of what we carry was learned in a family, a language, and a culture, and it helps to talk about it in the words it actually happened in. I work relationally first. Before technique, my job is to build a space where you do not have to perform being okay. My approach is trauma-focused, which means I am less interested in fixing a symptom than in understanding what your mind and body learned in order to keep you safe. Overthinking, perfectionism, and people-pleasing usually made sense once. I am EMDR trained and ERP informed, and I draw on narrative and internal family systems ideas as they fit. I follow your pace. You will not be pushed into material before you have the resources to hold it. All sessions are virtual, anywhere in Texas.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe people are not broken. What looks like a symptom is usually something that made sense at the time, in the environment where it was learned. My work starts from curiosity about where a pattern came from rather than judgment about the fact that it is still here. I believe culture belongs in the room. I come from a bilingual, Valley-rooted community where mental health often was not discussed, where being strong was the expectation, and where asking for help could feel like failure. Those are not side details in someone's story. They shape what a person believes they are allowed to need. I believe therapy should not require a crisis. Waiting until you fall apart is a standard we set for other people, and it costs too much. I believe clients are the experts on their own lives. My role is to ask good questions, offer what I notice, and check whether it lands. If something is not working between us, I want to hear it. That honesty is part of the work.