Ligia Orellana
I’m a first-generation Guatemalan-American, cis-gendered Latinx Therapist in Los Angeles and Torrance, California. Through the past 9 years, I have supported adults across California — especially First‐Gen, BIPOC, and queer folks — who want to understand their feelings more deeply, heal
For many, this means feeling freer in their expression, more connected in their relationships, and more resilient in the face of societal pressures or internalized shame.
from anxiety and people‐pleasing, and strengthen self‐trust and healthy connection in their relationships.
First session
In your first session, we will explore what brought you to therapy and what you hope to get out of our time together. We’ll talk through your goals, explore patterns, and begin to build trust.
Strengths
In therapy, we explore how your body and nervous system hold stress and relational patterns, helping you feel grounded, connected, and safer in yourself and your relationships. My Practice is Deeply Shaped by my commitment to LGBTQIA+ affirming care and my training in both Western and culturally informed healing frameworks. I recognize that your experiences are shaped by more than just what’s happening right now—your history, identity, and cultural background all matter here. I don’t come in with a list of things to “fix,” and Instead I walk alongside you as you begin to better understand your emotions, set boundaries, and start trusting yourself—especially if that’s something you were never taught to do.
Ideal clients
Adults I work with describe feeling emotionally overwhelmed, burnt out, alone in their relationships, stuck in people-pleasing patterns, or are disconnected from who they are due to cultural and systematic stressors. Have you been feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or unsure of who you are underneath everything you’ve had to carry? Maybe you’ve been the one who holds it all together. The strong one. The one who doesn’t ask for help. But inside, you feel disconnected—from your emotions, your needs, or even your sense of self. You might find yourself constantly questioning: Am I doing enough? Am I too much? What do I actually want?
Treatment methods
Attachment-based
Through increasing a client's understanding in the connection between how past experiences have shaped how they interact with others, allows for growth towards a healthier relationship within themselves and in familial relationships, friendships, and romantic relationships.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Through increasing a client's understanding in the connection between how anxiety and negative beliefs surfaces in different areas of their life, allows us to work together in therapy to work through these different beliefs, understand them, and move towards tools to gain control over them.
Somatic
Somatic therapy helps increase awareness of physical sensations and nervous system responses to support regulation and emotional safety. By addressing how the body holds stress, emotions, and relational patterns, this approach supports holistic mental health and deeper self connection.
Location
Virtual sessions
In-person sessions24520 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505
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- CaliforniaLicense 122659