Karina Castellanos-Hudgins, LMFT - Therapist at Grow Therapy

Karina Castellanos-Hudgins

Karina Castellanos-Hudgins

(she/her)

LMFT
20 years of experience
Virtual

I'm a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 15 years of experience based in CA. Although I specialize in perinatal mental health (pregnancy, prenatal, postpartum), I also see clients for a variety of reasons such as life transitions, depression, anxiety, parenting, grief and loss, stress management, relationship challenges, trauma, immigration, life goals, and people wanting to be the best version of themselves.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass—it’s about learning to dance in the rain." You don’t have to face it alone. I’m here to walk alongside you. In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

I have worked in the field for 20 years. Since I became a mother (9 years ago), I decided to specialize in perinatal mental health. Since then, I have supported mothers/parents during their journeys to rediscover their new identity, to navigate the challenges, find strategies, improve their sense of self-advocacy, and most importantly, to enjoy this new phase with their little ones.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

I enjoy working with new and seasoned mothers and partners experiencing a wide range of emotions (before, during, and after pregnancy/postpartum) — joy, fear, sadness, excitement, exhaustion, and anxiety. However, these feelings are common, sometimes they can become overwhelming and hard to manage. This might show up as depression, intense anxiety, difficulty bonding with the baby, or feeling disconnected from yourself or others.

About Karina Castellanos-Hudgins

Appointments

Virtual

My treatment methods

Psychodynamic

In our sessions we may explore insights at your own pace related to: -Repeating emotional patterns that seem to show up in different areas of your life -Unconscious thoughts or feelings that may be shaping your current experiences -How your early attachment relationships may be affecting your relationships now -The ways you protect yourself emotionally, and where those strategies might come from