Dinandrea Vega, LCSW - California Therapist at Grow Therapy

Dinandrea Vega

Dinandrea Vega

(she/her)

LCSW
14 years of experience
Intelligent
Empowering
Solution oriented
Virtual

I am a compassionate, collective liberationist-oriented psychotherapist. I pull from politically leftist, critical psychology as well as humanistic and existentialist frameworks. I center marginalized persons, including BIPOC and LGBTQIA persons. I am a digital nomad, a former vanlifer and a world traveler. I am a mom, I've been married for 15 years and I love to rollerskate! I believe that if you are ready to start to find and embrace your authentic self, you can create a significant transformation in your life. If you think we'd be a good fit, I'd love to help you. Soy una psicoterapeuta compasiva, orientada a la liberación colectiva. Mi orientación viene de la psicología políticamente izquierdista, liberacionista, y teóricamente crítica, así como de las filosofías y los marcos clínicos humanistas y existencialistas. Los combino con las modalidades, los modelos y las técnicas de la psicoterapia convencional. Centro a las personas marginadas, incluidas las personas BIPOC y LGBTQIAA. Soy una nómada digital, una ex-vanlifer, y viajera mundial. Soy madre, estoy casada desde hace 15 años, y me encanta patinar a ruedas. Creo que si estás lista/o para comenzar a encontrar (y integrar) tu ser auténtica/o, podrás comenzar a cultivar una transformación significativa en tu vida. Si crees que encajaríamos bien, me encantaría ayudarte.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

The first session will be lots of information-giving and information-gathering. This will likely continue into the second and third sessions, as well. But this "busy work" also helps to take the pressure off if you're an anxious person. We can use this to ease into the process of getting to know each other. It's important for you to have time to get to know me and how I do things. And I need to understand who you are to be able to help get you unstuck, pointed in the right direction, and help you start to move your story forward.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

I center marginalized persons; specifically, politically-leftist, BIPOC, LGBTQIAA+ persons. The non-marginalized have plenty of providers that understand their worldviews and life stories. The marginalized have a scarcity of providers that are empathetic to ways they think, and who are well-trained and experienced enough to properly receive them and to effectively treat them. Centro a las personas marginadas. Las personas no marginados tienen mucha/os proveedores que entienden sus historiales y sus situaciones; los marginados tienen escasez de proveedores que son empáticos, bien capacitados y lo suficientemente experimentados para recibirlos bien y ofrecerles tratamiento adecuado.

About Dinandrea Vega

Licensed in

Appointments

Virtual

My treatment methods

Psychodynamic

We're going to do the "hard" work, including going where the issues are rooted. I utilize a combination of Liberationist, Critical Theory, Humanistic, Existential, Interpersonal, Family Systems, Psychodynamic Psychoeducational, CBT/TF-CBT, Motivational Interviewing and Solution-focused psychotherapy approaches, frameworks and techniques. Vamos a hacer el trabajo "duro", incluso llegar hasta donde existen las raíces de los asuntos emocionales. Utilizo una combinación de enfoques, marcos y técnicas de liberación, teoría crítica, humanista, interpersonal, sistemas familiares, existencial, psicodinámica psicoeducativa, CBT/TF-CBT (en sus siglas en ingles), entrevista motivacional y psicoterapia centrada en soluciones.