Consultation

Professional Expertise & Lived Experience

Thank you for visiting. As a Mexican-American woman born in Mexico and raised in the United States, I understand the complexities of navigating multiple cultures, family expectations, belonging, faith, identity, and healing. My work is informed by 17 years of clinical practice, EMDR certification, OCD competency, cultural humility, and personal experience learning to heal from trauma, develop self and system trust, and creating a life guided by chosen values rather than fear, obligation, or inherited expectations.

OCD Consultation

I provide consultation regarding OCD assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment planning.

As an OCD-competent clinician trained in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), I support clinicians in exploring the many factors that may contribute to a client's presentation, including OCD, trauma, neurodivergence, cultural influences, developmental experiences, dissociation, and other co-occurring concerns.

Consultation may include:

Differential assessment considerations
Identifying obsessions and compulsions
Recognizing mental compulsions
Use of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)
Treatment planning and sequencing
ERP implementation considerations
Integrating mindfulness-based approaches, ACT, and DBT skills when appropriate
Exploring intersections between OCD, trauma, neurodivergence, and culture

My approach emphasizes individualized, culturally responsive care rather than a one-size-fits-all treatment model.

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PTSD & Complex Developmental Trauma Consultation

I provide consultation regarding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex Developmental Trauma (CPTSD), case conceptualization, assessment considerations, and individualized treatment planning.

Drawing from 17 years of clinical practice, EMDR certification, ongoing professional development, and lived experience, I support clinicians in exploring the many factors that may contribute to a person and/or system's current presentation, including trauma, attachment experiences, culture, neurodivergence, dissociation, plurality, identity, and nervous system adaptations.

Consultation may include:

Assessment and differential assessment considerations
Case conceptualization through a trauma-informed lens
Nervous system regulation and neuroscience-informed approaches
Phase-oriented trauma treatment
EMDR treatment planning and readiness considerations
Ego state-informed approaches, and identity-focused work
System mapping and understanding adaptive roles, needs, and strengths
Neurodivergent-affirming and plural-friendly care
Cultural humility and intersectionality
Strengths-based and collaborative treatment planning

My approach emphasizes safety before story while honoring the importance of each person's and/or system's story. Consultation is grounded in the understanding that humans develop creative adaptations in response to overwhelming experiences and that healing often begins with increasing safety, understanding, choice, and self- and system-compassion.

I encourage clinicians to remain curious, collaborative, and humble, recognizing that patients are the experts on their own lived experiences. Together, we explore ways to support the individual's and/or system's strengths, voice (and voices), values, and sense of self or system while tailoring treatment to their unique needs, goals, and circumstances.

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Clinical Decision-Making, Ethics & Professional Reflection Consultation

Clinical work is often more nuanced than what is presented in textbooks, treatment manuals, or certification trainings. Every client/ person/system brings unique experiences, identities, strengths, needs, and circumstances into the therapeutic relationship.

I provide consultation for clinicians seeking a collaborative space to think through complex clinical situations, professional challenges, ethical considerations, therapist reactions, and treatment decisions.

Consultation may include:

Complex case conceptualization
Ethical decision-making and professional judgment
Boundaries and therapeutic relationships
Transference and countertransference considerations
Maintaining clinician well-being and sustainability
Cultural humility and intersectionality
Working with uncertainty and clinical complexity
Documentation and risk-management considerations
Balancing evidence-informed care with individualized treatment

My approach is grounded in the belief that clinicians should not have to navigate difficult decisions in isolation. Consultation provides an opportunity to slow down, reflect, ask questions, and explore possibilities while remaining aligned with professional ethics, personal values, and client-centered care.

Together, we can explore ways to support both the clinician and the people and systems they serve with greater confidence, compassion, integrity, and connection.

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