It can be difficult to find the words when emotions feel overwhelming—when panic rises, tears surface without warning, or silence feels safer than speaking your truth. If you’ve struggled to express what’s happening inside because it feels too heavy, too complicated, or too vulnerable, I want you to know you’re not alone. I support teens, young adults, BIPOC individuals, LGBTQIA+ clients, and anyone navigating the layered intersections of identity, culture, family dynamics, trauma, and emotional overwhelm. I specialize in working with the Hispanic and Latinx community traverse the complexities of culture, generational trauma, and finding autonomy as an adult. My work is centered on helping you make sense of your internal world and reconnect with the parts of yourself that may have been silenced, minimized, or misunderstood.

Family & Generational Trauma Therapy (Culturally Responsive Care)

Many clients come to therapy carrying patterns they never chose—patterns shaped by cultural expectations, family roles, codependency, obligation, perfectionism, or emotional caretaking. These generational patterns can lead to anxiety, depression, burnout, shame, or difficulty feeling authentic in relationships. Together, we explore the origins of these dynamics, how they’re affecting your present, and how you can move toward autonomy, emotional freedom, and healthier relational patterns. Healing family trauma is not about abandoning your roots; it’s about honoring where you come from while finally creating space to become who you are.

I specialize in helping clients manage anxiety, depression, relationship issues, identity exploration, family system dynamics, emotional dysregulation, and the unique challenges that come with early adulthood and transitioning into adulthood. Many of the people I work with are learning to let go of survival-based patterns, acknowledge their unspoken wounds, discover their needs, address relationship/familial challenges, and build healthier internal and realistic boundaries. Together, we explore these experiences with compassion and curiosity, allowing you to untangle what has been difficult to carry and begin rebuilding a sense of clarity inner alignment.

My Approach to Therapy

My therapeutic style is collaborative, trauma-informed, culturally attuned, and deeply relational. I draw from DBT, CBT, ACT, somatic awareness, and IFS awareness using evidence-based tools to help you regulate and verbalize your emotions. Therapy with me is not about becoming “better” in someone else’s eyes—it is about becoming more you: more grounded, more aware, more empowered, and more emotionally resilient. I believe meaningful healing happens when you feel safe enough to tell and face the truth—first to yourself and then within a therapeutic relationship where you’re ready to face your challenge.

Above all, therapy with me is a warm, validating, and culturally responsive experience. Your identities, lived experiences, and emotional realities are honored and taken seriously. My goal is to help you build self-trust, regulate your emotions, and create a life that feels intentional, grounded, and authentically yours. If you're looking for a therapist who understands the complexity of cultural identity, family expectations, and the emotional weight you’ve been holding, it would be my honor to walk alongside 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.