Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Family
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
I believe everyone needs at least one person who "breathes life" into them. Just as we need air, we need affirmation, understanding, and connection, especially with our most intimate issues. Before we bare our souls, we must trust someone. That first step is the hardest. I walk alongside LGBTQ+ individuals, couples, families, and Christian parents of LGBTQ+ youth, using Solution-Focused Narrative Therapy to help you trust yourself and thrive again.
My Background and Approach
I recently completed my PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy, with dissertation research on Solution-Focused Narrative Therapy with Christian parents of LGBTQ+ children. Through my doctoral program, I had the privilege of training with master therapists in the field, including Donald Meichenbaum (the father of CBT), David Keith (symbolic-experiential therapy), and Linda Metcalf (narrative and solution-focused therapy). That training, combined with more than 20 years of counseling experience, shapes the way I show up for my clients. I bring deep clinical skill, a strong professional network, and a steady commitment to affirming care for LGBTQ+ individuals, families, and the people who love them. Wherever you are in your story, you are welcome here.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
As a Mexican American, first generation college student who is now a doctoral level clinician, I understand the pain, trauma, and resilience that come from being a person of color or from a different culture, community, or faith tradition than mainstream America. My own grandfather crossed the Rio Grande so his family could build a future on the other side, and that inheritance of crossing thresholds shapes how I show up for my clients. I bring careful cultural attunement to my work with clients of different ethnic and racial backgrounds, the LGBTQ+ community, and clients from diverse faith traditions, including Christian families navigating their child's identity. I am an ally and an advocate. My goal is to walk alongside you as you succeed and thrive in whatever direction you feel you are being called. There is almost always a both/and path forward, and you do not have to find it alone.