Javier Moreira (she/her)

I have learned many CBT techniques and skills which I utilize to help reframe irrational and negative thought processes. I have worked extensively at outpatient clinics and private practice with clients who experience anxiety and panic.

I utilize many mindfulness techniques and skills as well that help people who struggle with depression navigate their symptoms to help them achieve baseline mood. I have worked extensively at outpatient clinics and private practice with clients who experience depression and many depressive symptoms.

Being a member of the community myself has helped with understanding, compassion, empathy, and relatedness that is needed to help people navigate these issues. Being POC also helps with understanding the intersectionality of it all. I have hosted LGBTQ support groups in the past.

I was trained in person-centered therapy while in graduate school. I have studied Rogerian concepts and truly believe in the approach of holding space for client's to process their feelings in attempts to achieve their self-actualizing potential. I try to embody the core concepts of empathy, genuineness, and non-judgmentalness in my work and in my life.

I have learned many mindfulness skills that I model for clients such as breathing exercises, body scans, meditations, and muscle tensing and relaxing exercises.

I have studied the cognitive distortions that exist and have learned coping skills and techniques that help reframe irrational thought processes to more rational positive thought patterns. I am familiar with thought logs, journaling, and the cognitive model.