Alejandro Maya
I am a bilingual Spanish-English Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. I support a wide range of clients dealing with complex trauma, anxiety, grief, life transitions, and times when coping feels particularly difficult. My work builds on years of clinical practice and continuous learning, including SEP and EMDRIA certifications, an MA in Counseling Psychology with a transpersonal psychology concentration, and graduate degrees in Expressive Arts Therapy and Ecopsychology. Together, these shape a person-centered, body-based, collaborative approach.
I am trained in several therapeutic modalities, such as EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Narrative Therapy, and Expressive Arts.
First session
In our first session, we’ll talk about what brings you to therapy and what you hope to gain from our work together. Your comfort level and the clarity of your goals will guide the pace of our sessions and your progress in therapy.
Strengths
My communication style is collaborative and reflective. I aim to nurture your perseverance and creativity while offering a safe, focused space with steady support in a thoughtful therapeutic setting.
Ideal clients
During sessions, clients can expect to use their strengths to create opportunities to meet therapy goals and enhance their capacity to face challenges.
Treatment methods
EMDR
Interventions that assist clients in adapting traumatic memories and clarifying the distinction between healthy and unhealthy emotions.
Narrative
Interventions that provide tools to help clients organize perspectives and self-beliefs, and recognize values and strengths.
Somatic
Interventions are designed to help individuals safely deactivate and process unnecessary and/or overutilized fight, flight, or freeze responses.
Polyvagal Therapy
Exercises to practice tracking one’s Polyvagal profile and expand one’s baselines for comfort, safety, and vitality as coping resources.
Location
Virtual sessions