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New to Grow
Hello! Thanks for comin’ by… A little bit about me: Dr. Jean-Arellia Tolentino (CA: PSY34978) I am: a psychologist, a researcher, a community organizer, an educator, a Filipina American, a daughter/mother/grieving mother/sis/partner, and the list goes on. Contact I carry with me: over a decade of clinical experiences working in crisis counseling, community mental health, and university & college counseling centers. My therapeutic work incorporates decades more of community & student organizing experiences, non-profit community partnerships, and restorative justice practitioner work. I share all this, because often therapists don’t. I share that my work as a therapist has been cultivated from a myriad of paths I’ve taken and the different lives I’ve lived.
In our first session, we work together to build a foundation of trust. We’ll move through the initial paperwork and begin delving into the historic waters of your journey, taking the necessary time to start sketching your wellness map. I believe every first session should be as unique as the person sitting across from me; I want you to feel empowered to share your goals, expectations, and past mental health experiences at your own pace. My aim is to cultivate a space for honest dialogue and a therapeutic container where you feel truly seen.
Therapy with me is like tea time: warm, spacious, invitational, and sometimes uncomfortable in the way truth often is. I believe healing can feel like art, like flow, like time-traveling & remembering. Thanks for crossing paths with my page, and if what I do & how I do what I do sparks your curiosity, stay for a session or eight, and let’s see what’s brewing!
IS THIS YOU? You show up & hold so much - for your communities, for your lineage, for change. You’re the one people turn to. And yet, there’s a quiet exhaustion you carry, and a part of you longs to soften. Or, are you asking…. Who am I outside of survival? Or, you might be navigating: Burnout masked within a high-functioning professional, identity and belonging as a woman of color, mothering/parenting wounds, ancestral grief, or the ache of wanting to become a mothe; maybe you're seeking support unpacking intergenerational trauma that still speaks through your body. My practice is a place where you don’t have to carry it all alone. To learn more: uliyan.com
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Integrative therapeutic approaches include: Internal Family systems, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Filipino American Psychology, Liberation Psychology