Therapy for Anxiety, Burnout, High-Functioning Anxiety & Generational Trauma

I specialize in therapy for anxiety, burnout, and high-functioning young adults who appear successful on the outside but feel overwhelmed internally. Many of my clients are adult children of immigrants and first-generation professionals navigating generational pressure, identity development, and chronic stress. 

You may be competent, responsible, and driven — yet privately struggle with rumination, panic symptoms, difficulty sleeping, emotional exhaustion, or a constant fear of making mistakes. Your self-worth may feel tied to productivity and performance. You might over-apologize, people-please, struggle to set boundaries, or carry guilt when prioritizing yourself.  

As a trauma-informed therapist, I help you understand how childhood experiences, cultural expectations, and relational trauma continue to shape anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, and relationship patterns in adulthood. If you grew up with expectations to be strong, successful, or emotionally self-sufficient, those survival patterns may now be contributing to overworking, codependency, attachment anxiety, and difficulty feeling secure in relationships.  

I provide culturally responsive therapy for adult children of immigrants navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, CPTSD, attachment wounds, and life transitions. Many of the people I work with feel confident in their careers but anxious in dating or relationships — over-functioning in partnerships, fearing abandonment, or losing themselves in connection. Together, we untangle generational trauma and family dynamics while building secure attachment, stronger boundaries, and emotional resilience.  

Because anxiety lives in both the mind and body, I integrate evidence-based approaches including CBT, DBT, ACT, and IFS-informed parts work, along with somatic and nervous system regulation techniques. Our work is both practical and insight-oriented — helping you reduce chronic stress, interrupt unhelpful patterns, and move from survival mode toward a more grounded and intentional life.  

If you’re ready to feel calmer, clearer, and more secure in who you are, I would be honored to support you.

Experience

As a trauma-focused therapist, I help you understand how past experiences — including childhood, cultural, and relational trauma — continue to shape how you think, feel, and relate today. Trauma often shows up emotionally, physically, and in our relationships, especially when there was little guidance or support. If you’ve ever felt confused by repeating patterns or unsure why certain reactions keep showing up, you’re not alone.

I work from a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach, supporting clients in exploring their inner child, inner teen, and emerging adult parts — especially the parts that were never given space to be heard. Many of my clients grew up with cultural expectations to “be strong” or prioritize others, which can impact boundaries, autonomy, and relationships. As a second-oldest, middle child of Puerto Rican parents, I bring both lived experience and deep cultural understanding to this work.

I primarily work with emerging and young adults who identify as BIPOC and LGBTQ+ and may be navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, family dynamics, life transitions, and codependency. I integrate DBT, CBT, ACT, and Shadow Work to help you build emotional awareness, develop regulation skills, and relate to yourself and others in healthier ways.

Together, we work to interrupt generational trauma, unlearn unhealthy patterns, strengthen identity, and reclaim autonomy. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe, seen, and supported as you move forward with greater clarity and self-trust.

Licensure

As a Clinical Fellow, I am gaining the necessary experience and supervision to obtain my clinical license (LCPC). I am working under the supervision of Andrea Espinosa.