Dear sensitive spirit, welcome to this peaceful clearing full of calming chamomile in life's wild woods...
Do you feel called to shed old leaves, roots, and patterns that obscure your true unique essence? Whether navigating your path individually or hand-in-hand with your partner, are you yearning to explore the depths of your inner forest, to unearth the healing and authentic connection that lies within?
As an integrative therapist with a culturally informed, humanistic, attachment lens, I honor your complete story and how life's challenges have shaped your journey. I specialize in supporting neurodivergent individuals, couples navigating relationship dynamics, and those healing from trauma. I offer a safe space particularly attuned to LGBTQ+ communities and neurodivergent experiences, helping you rediscover your relationship with yourself and the world around you.
We'll explore how societal expectations, family patterns, and cultural influences have shaped your growth - What's in your roots? What's in your soil? Together, we'll reshape your relationship with mental health, building on your natural strengths while developing communication tools that honor your authentic self. Our work together is collaborative and consent-based, creating an environment where secure attachment, growth, and authenticity can flourish.
Let's explore your unique landscape - how does your neurodivergent mind and body experience the world? What attachment and relational patterns have you inherited? How has intergenerational trauma influenced your growth? What patterns do you wish to nurture, and which ones are you ready to transform?
Monique is currently providing teletherapy services to all in-state California residents.
Quick Facts About Monique
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Intersectional Feminist Lens
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Humanistic, Person-Centered, Adaptive & Eclectic
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Culturally Informed Attachment Based (intergenerational trauma, patterns, and epigenetics)
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Parts work/Internal Family Systems
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Supporting you in understanding your emotional experiences
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Navigating interpersonal relational patterns
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Addressing impact of societal, familial, & and other cultural norms
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Challenging heteronormativity and neurotypical dichotomies!
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Identity Exploration
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Relational Work (couples, relationships, partnerships)
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Neurodivergent Folx (ADHD, autism, highly sensitive, sensory processing, CPTSD) -strengths based perspective
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LGBTQ+ Folx (identity exploration, support with finding community)
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College students
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Therapists & therapists in training
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Anxiety symptoms
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Depression symptoms
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Families in life transitions
Guiding Ethos
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You are the expert on yourself and your life
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Trauma-informed
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Culturally humble & competent
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Actively working to be anti-racist
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Intersectional decolonizing feminist living in a post-capitalistic society trying her best to navigate
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Dedicated to lifelong learning
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LGBTQ+ affirming through strength based lens
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Neurodivergent affirming through strength based lens
Client Focus
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Pre-teens & Teens
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Young Adults
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Couples & Relationship Work
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Families & Parents
Tool Kit
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Fostering resilience, increasing awareness, & building effective communication skills
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Collaborative therapeutic relationship
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Guides through nervous system regulation, self-compassion, mindfulness, & somatic awareness.
Social Locations
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38yo, cisgender, biracial (Mexican & White), neurodivergent, bisexual woman
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I am authentically me -I utilize humor & create a therapeutic experience that is as unique as you are, blending evidence based practices with a touch of creativity to meet your individual goals.
"One day when you wake up, you will find that you have become a forest. You have grown roots and found strength in them that no one thought you had. You have become stronger and more beautiful, full of life giving qualities. You have learned to take all the negativity around you and turn it into oxygen for easy breathing. A host of wild creatures live inside you and you call them stories. A variety of beautiful birds rest inside your mind and you call them memories. You have become an incredible self sustaining thing of epic proportions. And you should be so proud of yourself, of how far you have come from the seeds of who you used to be."
I invite you to contact me for more information, availability, and to book a session with me.
Articles written and created by me to support with communication, anxiety management, neurodivergent psychoeducation, emotion regulation skills, and more!
A collection of resources -articles, books, PDFs, worksheets, etc.- that I’ve gathered over the years.
A mini mental health resource directory that includes a list of national hotlines, local Southern California services, and websites.
A collection of book recommendations that I’ve gathered and read over the years, for therapists, clients, and community.