Marianela Villalta Canales
Welcome! I am glad you are showing up here, taking a step towards finding support to develop healthier and more effective ways of dealing with life issues that may be challenging, even painful for you at this time. My name is Marianela Villalta Canales. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with fifteen years of experience who specializes in supporting clients who are suffering from anxiety and depression, experiencing a lack of balance in their work and personal life, facing issues of grief and loss, struggling with relational challenges, and finding difficult to navigate pivotal life transitions. My therapeutic style is collaborative, gentle, attentive, and respectful of your emotional needs to encourage you to be curious about how you are responding to the world. I hope that you will allow yourself to explore your own issues and experiences through therapy, which can be a powerful process for transformation. I hope that you will give yourself permission to ask what I believe could be essential questions such as : What do I want? Who do I want to be in the world? What can I do to move forward? My intention is to create a safe therapeutic space where you will find your own answers, inner wisdom, a vision for your future self, serenity, empowerment, and healing. It will be my privilege to accompany you on your journey, and I am here when you are ready to take the next steps towards improving your sense of well being.
First session
Our first session will be an opportunity to start developing trust and rapport. We will dedicate our time to discussing the issues that you are experiencing, the challenges that feel most impactful and hard to manage, so we can determine whether we are a good fit to continue working together. I will also support you to identify the goals that you want to work towards in therapy and to start developing an action plan to carry forward. My goal is to provide you with the experience of being seen, heard, acknowledged and empowered
Strengths
My approach is based on a holistic and integrative perspective of our human experience, bringing into awareness body/mind responses to past or current events and relationships. I intend to create an environment of safety and support for you to deal with difficult feelings, thoughts and questions about yourself and the way your life is going in a more present and integrated way of being. My approach is based on a holistic and integrative perspective of our human experience, bringing into awareness body/mind responses to past or current events and relationships. My work is rooted in Somatic Psychotherapy, Mindfulness, Acceptance and Committment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and a trauma informed perpective. I offer therapy in Spanish and English. As a therpist, I am culturally affirming and consider issues intersectionality in my client's cultural experiences. I will support, accompany and guide you to develop and achieve your goals of improvement. Our work together may lead you towards more freedom, equanimity, inner integration and a better relationship with yourself and others.
Ideal clients
I work with adults ages 18-64 yrs old. I focus on supporting clients who might be struggling to manage stressors related to work, pivotal life transitions and changes, relationship issues and the painful impact of loss and grief. I often work with people who feel overwhelmed because they are “on” 24/7, finding it difficult to slow down or balance job and personal life. I provide psychotherapy services to those who feel anxious, restless, and worried so often that it has become their default mode. I also work with individuals who are suffering due to difficulties in their social or family relationships as well as the impact of grief and loss.
Treatment methods
Somatic
I integrate body/mind practices to assist client develop somatic awareness, increase internal resources, manage trauma responses and promote self-regulation.
Location
Virtual sessions
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- CaliforniaLicense 114738