My Approach to Helping
My roots are in San Francisco’s Mission District and I am the proud daughter of a strong Salvadoran mother and a NicaragüanCosta Rican father. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 20 years of experience as a social service provider to underserved and disenfranchised communities in San Francisco. I have extensive experience working with multi-cultural and multi-ethnic adults, children, and families with multiple and co-occurring conditions. My work integrates a social justice approach, planting seeds of hope, strength, and Wellness to support community in their recovery from mental illness and become agents of change that allows them to be transformative. I use a person-centered approach along with other modalities to alleviate mental conditions caused by community violence and intergenerational trauma. Mental health counseling services are provided in Spanish and English to adults, youth ages 13-18, and families experiencing symptoms of trauma, anxiety, depression, and other emotional and psychological ailments due to immigration and forced displacement. Mental health counseling services provided in Spanish and English for adults, youth 13-18, and families of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural backgrounds. Issues of family reunification, deportation, immigration, and cycles of violence within families and community are addressed using various psychotherapeutic modalities.