A note from Nathalie

There are moments in life when something inside you whispers that the way you’ve been surviving is no longer the way you want to live. Maybe you’ve spent years pushing through anxiety, perfectionism, or the weight of expectations – on yourself, on your identity, on your relationships. Maybe you’ve learned to excel outwardly while feeling disconnected inwardly. And maybe part of you is tired of holding so much alone.

I understand what it means to outgrow the coping strategies that once kept you safe. As a Latina, queer woman with a complex cultural lineage shaped across multiple countries and class realities, I’ve had to unlearn what my body and mind believed they needed to do to belong. My own path back to myself (through trauma work, nervous system healing, creativity, and deep relational repair) informs how I sit with the people I work with.

So many of the clients I support are standing at a threshold (of change, of grief, of endings or beginnings) and are seeking steadiness inside themselves as they move through it. I often work with adults who are also wrestling with questions of identity, purpose, belonging, and self-trust; people who want to understand themselves more deeply and show up more fully in their relationships and life. The ones who long for ease in their relationships, clarity in their decisions, and a sense of being at home in their bodies. I believe that therapy can be a place where you return to yourself with more compassion than you’ve ever been met with, not by fixing who you are, but by understanding who you became and why.

A core belief in my clinical work is this: healing happens in the body just as much as in the mind. When we learn to listen to our physical signals, our relational patterns, our fears, and our longings, we discover the parts of us that have been asking for attention for years. Together, we can explore those parts with gentleness, curiosity, and courage; so you can move toward a life that feels more grounded, connected, and authentically yours.

My Approach

My work weaves together somatic psychotherapy, attachment theory, trauma-informed care, and parts work, grounded in a strong belief that our patterns carry both intelligence and history. I begin by understanding your experience as you feel it: the pace of your thoughts, the tension in your body, the stories you’ve internalized, and the relationships that shaped you.

From there, our work may include deep listening, nervous system attunement, and relational insight; uncovering how early experiences, identity, culture, and intergenerational dynamics shape current struggles. We may explore the inner child and inner protector parts, not as pathology, but as adaptations that once kept you safe. Somatic techniques (breathwork, grounding, movement, and body-based tracking) help you build capacity to stay with emotions rather than avoid or override them.

Depending on your needs, I integrate mindfulness-based practices, CBT tools for interrupting unhelpful patterns, and psychodynamic inquiry to illuminate long-standing themes. My approach is gentle but direct; emotionally attuned but grounded in evidence; oriented toward both inner safety and forward movement.

Above all, my philosophy is person-centered: every behavior, even the ones you’re frustrated by, comes from a part of you that learned to survive. Our work is not about erasing who you were, it’s about expanding who you’re allowed to become.