I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Masters in Child Development. I have 11 years experience and expertise working with children and adolescents, LGBTQIA, immigrant and refugee populations. I have been licensed as a Clinical Social Worker for 8 years. I am LGBTQIA identified and am available to help clients in any stage of discovering and expressing their sexual orientation and gender identity. I have lived in various countries abroad and  have experience conducting therapy in Spanish as well as in English as a Second Language.          

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     My philosophy in working with clients is to build a trusting relationship with them as a foundation for the work we do together. In knowing them, I get to know what brings them joy and what causes distress. I then work with the client to help them access their already existing methods of coping. I find my job as a therapist is to help the client connect to the parts of themselves that already knows what to do to find healing. 

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     I navigate the variety of therapeutic disciplines that I have found useful for the populations I work with: Relational Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I couple mindfulness techniques of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with other skills-based techniques that have proven helpful in allowing the client distance from difficult thought patterns. I believe that the relationship I build with my client is the most vital instrument for change. I find that accessing inner creativity can be a key to recovery and often utilize a client's natural form of creative expression to help them heal. When working with children, I find play and art work either guided or child-directed the most effective treatment.  

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