My Roots in Community Healing

I've spent 38 years training in Afro-Indigenous Caribbean healing traditions and serve as a community elder within Nahua, Taíno, and Yoruba communities.

My traditional roles include:

• Sanador — Traditional healer
• Ticitl — Nahua medicine practitioner
• Oníṣègùn — Yoruba medicine practitioner
• Sobador — Traditional bodywork practitioner

These traditions taught me to consider the whole person—their body, relationships, culture, spirituality, and community.

From Community Care to Clinical Practice

My experience includes:

• 29 years in behavioral and public health, beginning with grassroots work during the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
• 18 years in physical medicine, working as a sports specialist alongside my traditional bodywork experience.
• Clinical psychotherapy, specializing in complex trauma, grief, and psychophysiological concerns.

Today, I'm an Afro-Indigenous Latine neuropsychotherapist and PhD candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision.

What I Focus On

My clinical work centers on complex trauma and grief, including their effects on physical health, relationships, identity, and daily life.

I work with people navigating:

• Chronic pain, insomnia, and functional symptoms
• Coercive relationships, intimate partner aggression, and family trauma
• Cult and high-control group recovery
• Neurodivergence and cognitive changes
• Distressing experiences with mindfulness or meditation

My practice centers QT/BIPOC, Indigenous, neurodivergent, and other marginalized communities while welcoming people across identities.

How I Approach Care

Therapy should fit you—not the other way around.

My approach is culturally sustaining, neuroaffirming, trauma-responsive, and relational. I draw on my experiences in traditional healing, physical medicine, public health, and contemporary neuropsychotherapy while respecting the distinct practices and boundaries of each.

You don't need to arrive with the right words or a perfectly organized story. We'll work together to find an approach that makes sense for you.

Beyond the Therapy Room

I'm also an applied social scientist and educator. My work includes research, clinical supervision, consultation, and program evaluation, with a focus on advancing care for people affected by complex trauma, grief, coercive systems, and mind–body concerns.

Different chair. Same respect for the person sitting in it.