AFA Psychology LLC

Who am I? I’m Angie, a therapist, a psychologist, a co-investigator. I usually help people deepen their self-awareness and insight. Sometimes I challenge people to change themselves. Other times I collaborate with people to create and execute plans to change their environment. What our work will involve depends entirely on your particular situation. I strive to bring my best self to the therapy space. This means that I show up with curiosity and compassion, as well as generally a good dose of humor. I prioritize patient goals, needs and areas of strength, and work from an assumption that my clients have innate wisdom (even if they don’t yet know it) and that they are, or can become, the experts on themselves.

I treat a range of presenting issues and work predominantly with women recovering from trauma (neglect, abuse, attachment disruptions, abandonment and other types of loss) and its consequences (i.e. depression, anxiety, emotional instability and relationship conflict). As a result of my social location, I am especially attuned to issues pertaining to minoritized status, intersectionality and cultural differences and have experience helping people of color who have had negative, unhelpful or oppressive therapy experiences in the past. My work as a therapist is informed by extensive training and by my lived experience. Like all people I am multifaceted and evolving and a few constant aspects of my identity include: Latina/Salvadorian/immigrant, womanist/mother/wife, Highly Sensitive Person.

I am a former New Yorker and my telehealth practice is now split between NY and NM. I also treat residents of FLand NV.

Relevant Education and Experience

I graduated from The Graduate Center’s Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program in NY, USA. I began providing therapy services in 2009 as a psychology trainee and have been independently licensed since 2017. Over the course of my training and post-doctoral career I have worked in hospitals, community clinics and student counseling centers. I have been in private practice full-time since 2019. My theoretical orientation is integrative and informed by a variety of theories and techniques (including but not limited to Brainspotting, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Parts work, Somatic & Attachment Focused E.M.D.R., Psychodynamic and Trauma Resiliency Model), conceptualizing experiences through a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive lens. I love learning and am currently pursuing the Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner certification.

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