New to Grow
I am Eneida Farro, a bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience helping children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity and confidence. My background in both U.S. and Latin American mental health systems allows me to offer culturally sensitive, compassionate care tailored to each client’s unique story. I integrate evidence-based approaches with a warm, humanistic style, creating a safe space where clients can explore their emotions, strengthen relationships, and reconnect with their sense of purpose and well-being.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In our first session, my goal is to help you feel comfortable, heard, and understood. We’ll begin by talking about what brought you to therapy, what you’re hoping to change or improve, and any symptoms or challenges you’ve been experiencing. I’ll ask thoughtful questions to get a clear picture of your history, strengths, and the patterns that may be influencing your current situation. This helps me tailor our work to your specific needs from the very beginning. You can expect a calm, welcoming space where you can speak freely without judgment. We’ll explore your goals together and begin identifying practical steps and therapeutic approaches that fit your personality, culture, and preferences. If we’re working with a child or as a couple, I’ll explain how the process works, how sessions are structured, and how we collaborate throughout treatment. By the end of our first session, you should have a sense of direction, clarity, and what our work together will look like—whether it’s building coping skills, improving communication, healing past experiences, or creating healthier patterns moving forward.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
One of my greatest strengths is my ability to create a warm, safe, and culturally sensitive space where clients feel genuinely understood. I integrate over 20 years of experience with a flexible, personalized approach—combining evidence-based therapies (such as CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, humanistic approaches, play therapy, and couples counseling) to meet each client’s unique needs. I’m skilled at identifying patterns quickly and helping clients connect past experiences to present challenges, which leads to meaningful insight and lasting change. I am also highly effective in working with relationships—whether between couples, parents and children, or within the family system. My communication-focused and emotion-coaching style helps clients develop healthier ways to express themselves, resolve conflicts, and strengthen connection. For children and adolescents, my strengths include creating rapport easily, using play and creativity, and coaching parents in practical, supportive strategies. Clients often tell me they appreciate my clarity, directness, compassion, and ability to help them feel grounded. I balance emotional insight with practical tools, helping clients not only understand themselves better, but also make real, tangible progress in their daily lives.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I work best with clients who are ready to understand themselves more deeply and create meaningful change in their lives. My ideal clients include children, adolescents, adults, and couples who are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, trauma, identity questions, life transitions, or emotional overwhelm. Many of the people I support are thoughtful, motivated, and tired of repeating the same patterns—they want clarity, emotional balance, healthier communication, and more fulfilling relationships. I am also well-positioned to serve bilingual and multicultural clients who value a culturally sensitive space where their history, values, and lived experience are understood and respected. Whether someone is seeking support for themselves, their child, or their relationship, my ideal clients are those who are open to reflection, willing to learn new skills, and ready to build a more grounded, empowered version of themselves.
Humanistic
I have extensive experience using a humanistic, client-centered approach in my work with children, adolescents, adults, and families. The humanistic model guides me to view each client as a whole person, recognizing their inherent strengths, inner wisdom, and capacity for growth. This perspective allows me to create a therapeutic environment grounded in empathy, authenticity, and unconditional positive regard—core elements that help clients feel safe, respected, and truly heard. In my practice, I use humanistic principles to help clients connect with their emotions, clarify their values, and develop a deeper understanding of themselves. I encourage self-reflection, personal responsibility, and self-acceptance while supporting clients in exploring the meanings behind their experiences. This approach is especially helpful for clients struggling with identity issues, low self-esteem, life transitions, relationship concerns, trauma, and emotional distress. I integrate humanistic therapy with evidence-based interventions such as CBT, DBT, and psychodynamic insight, tailoring my work to the client’s needs. The humanistic foundation helps strengthen the therapeutic relationship—promoting trust, openness, and collaboration—while empowering clients to recognize their potential, make healthier choices, and move toward a more authentic and fulfilling life.
Play Therapy
I have extensive experience using play therapy with children to help them express emotions, process stressful experiences, and develop healthier coping skills in a developmentally appropriate way. Because children often communicate through play rather than words, I use therapeutic play techniques—such as role-playing, art, storytelling, sensory activities, and symbolic play—to help them externalize feelings and make sense of their inner world. I integrate both non-directive and directive approaches depending on the child’s needs, combining play therapy with cognitive-behavioral strategies, emotion-coaching, and parent guidance when appropriate. In my practice, play therapy allows me to observe themes, patterns, and emotional cues that may not surface verbally. I use these insights to support the child’s emotional regulation, strengthen communication skills, and improve behaviors at home and school. I also involve parents through regular feedback sessions, helping them understand their child’s emotional needs and teaching them strategies to reinforce therapeutic progress. This approach creates a safe and engaging environment where children feel understood, validated, and empowered to grow.
Couples Counseling
I have extensive experience providing couples counseling to partners navigating communication difficulties, trust issues, life transitions, parenting stress, cultural differences, infidelity, and emotional disconnection. My approach is integrative, drawing from the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), communication skills training, and psychodynamic insight to help couples understand the underlying patterns that shape their interactions. In sessions, I focus on helping partners recognize negative cycles, improve emotional attunement, and strengthen their ability to express needs, set boundaries, and listen without defensiveness. I also explore each partner’s family history and attachment style to understand how past experiences influence present behaviors. My goal is to create a safe, balanced space where both partners feel heard and supported, while guiding them toward healthier communication, increased intimacy, and more collaborative problem-solving. This approach allows couples to break long-standing patterns, rebuild trust, and create a more secure, emotionally connected relationship.
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
I have extensive experience providing culturally sensitive therapy, particularly working with diverse populations across Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. As a bilingual clinician trained in both the U.S. and Venezuela, I understand how culture, immigration history, family expectations, language, values, and identity shape a client’s emotional experience. In my practice, I incorporate these factors into assessment, case formulation, and treatment planning. I work collaboratively with clients to honor their cultural background, explore how cultural norms influence their beliefs and coping patterns, and address any cultural stressors—such as acculturation challenges, intergenerational conflict, stigma around mental health, or navigating multiple identities. I also adapt evidence-based interventions to fit each client’s cultural context, ensuring that examples, metaphors, communication styles, and goals resonate with their lived experiences. This approach builds trust, reduces shame, and allows clients to feel fully seen and understood, which leads to deeper engagement and more meaningful therapeutic progress.
Eclectic
In my clinical practice, I use an integrative approach that combines evidence-based modalities with psychodynamic insight. Over my 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families, I have learned that no single treatment model fits all clients. Each person presents with unique strengths, histories, and coping patterns, so I tailor my interventions accordingly.