LMFT, 7 years of experience
Hi! I'm Rubi, and I'm passionate about helping individuals and couples navigate life’s challenges. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, relationship issues, or personal growth, I'm here to support you with a compassionate, trauma-informed, inclusive, and non-judgmental approach. No topic is too difficult to address. I work with individuals and couples navigating infidelity, betrayal trauma, generational trauma, depression, anxiety, and emotional disconnection. NOTE: I am currently ONLY accepting couples through private pay.
During our first session together, we spend time getting to know each other and know what you are going through to help you create a treatment plan that best serve your needs and goals.
My greatest strengths lie in creating a culturally grounded, emotionally safe space where clients feel seen and understood. My approach blends evidence-based methods like CBT and DBT with a deep respect for cultural identity, family systems, and intergenerational stories. Clients often share that they leave sessions feeling both challenged and cared for - able to see their experiences through a lens of compassion and empowerment.
My ideal clients are individuals who are ready to do the deeper work - those who want to understand themselves beyond surface-level coping. I often work with first- and second-generation Latinas and Latinx professionals navigating anxiety, identity, family expectations, and relationships. My clients are curious, open to reflection, and seeking both healing and practical tools to create change that feels aligned with their values and culture.
In working with individual clients and couples, first I look at the whole picture of the issue that brought you to therapy while meeting you where you are at in your healing process. I will identify what the best practice and interventions that meet your needs are. I am constantly updating my knowledge on the up to date research about interventions that often work! I primarily utilize a systemic and humanistic view which allow me to better understand your world from the inside out and help us create a balance within. Remember, our behaviors are learned! And I am here to help you break the unhelpful cycles and make history for yourself, your family, and future generations! In my work with couples, I help partners to replace negative conflict patterns with positive interactions and attempt to repair what hurt the relationship in the past. I also help with increasing friendship between partners as well as taming the horses: criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling. The ultimate goal is to teach you how to resolve your conflict on your own and towards the end of treatment make myself obsolete!
I focus on your internal strengths and resources instead of the weakness. I utilize your strengths to help you achieve goals and gain more resilience throughout life difficulties.
A focus on providing clients with cultural sensitivity to creating a safe and supportive space for clients to explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences; the goal is to empower them to make positive changes while decolonizing the therapeutic process.