Danae Merrill (she/her)

As a bi-racial individual myself, I have a special place in my heart to partner with others who identify as multi-racial or multi-cultural to process the experience of living between two (or more) worlds and learn how to embrace their own, unique identity. There have been many times in my own life where I have been told I am not “Latinx enough” or that I don’t look the right way. It felt isolating and incongruent. For much of my life I held this shame and did not have the right words, or a place

Experiencing depression can make us feel invisible and isolated from the world. During this time our bodies make it nearly impossible for us to reach out and seek help. We can often feel that it is our responsibility to manage the pain ourselves and we decline to ask for support from others, in fear that we would burden them. In counseling we will work together to develop routines and create tools that will break the cycle of isolation and help you reconnect with the life you hope to lead.

Anxiety is an evolutionary reaction that helps us to protect ourselves from harm, however, it can often be difficult for our brains to decipher between an emotional threat and a physical threat. When we begin to register emotional threats to the same degree we would a physical threat, it becomes nearly impossible for us to experience the world in the way we would like to. Counseling can offer tools for how to learn to distinguish between these types of threats and allow you to regain control.