Licensed to practice in California and accepts 21 insurances. Specializes in Coping Skills, LGBTQ, Racism and 6 more.
(she/her)
Often rebooked
Hello, my name is Claudia, and I hold an LCSW to practice therapy in California. I am a neurodivergent, queer practitioner, daughter of immigrants, and mama bear. I am deeply engaged in the ongoing reclamation of my lineage and helping other folks find the culture and healing from their own connection process. I come from generations of artists, dancers, and poets, and my approach reflects the creative, embodied wisdom of those ancestors who came before me, those who survived, thrived, and cared for one another. My work is designed to help individuals and groups implement nonviolent communication, healing justice practices, and integration strategies that foster authenticity and alignment in daily life—through creativity, mindfulness, and movement/somatics. Rooted in a community organizing foundation, my consulting work is highly strategic and intentionally targeted. I collaborate with organizations and individuals ready to embrace new approaches to solution-seeking—grounded in transformative justice, liberation, and nervous system regulation—while applying ancestral, intergenerational wisdom to sustain meaningful progress. I offer short-term, deeply immersive work that ensures rapid but lasting transformation, with results typically realized within 3 to 6 months. My approach is not just about conceptual change but about daily embodiment, where new habits of expansion and love are integrated into every dimension of life. Additionally, I provide multi-modality, creative expansion workshops and art installations—transformational experiences designed to activate lasting shifts in one encounter. These immersive practices harness the wisdom of our five senses, rewiring internal narratives and dismantling restrictions that keep us stuck. If this resonates, let’s connect and explore how we can co-create something powerful together.
Disclosure: In my experience, online therapy is most effective for moderate mental health challenges, as it requires clients to actively practice coping skills between weekly remote sessions. Clients must be able to hold themselves accountable for attending sessions on time, engaging in behavioral change, and tolerating healthy, honest disagreement without significant emotional dysregulation. For more severe or urgent mental health needs, please seek support through 211 in California, where you can access more comprehensive in‑person, interdisciplinary team-based services. If you are experiencing a medical or psychiatric emergency, please immediately go to the nearest Emergency Room for immediate support, ideally with a trusted loved one. Remote therapy is not a substitute for intensive or crisis-level treatment. In the first session, we will discuss expectations and approaches to figure out if we would be a good fit and what we can expect in our work together. We will set up a schedule and frequency (usually once a week at the same time) that can work best for consistent progress and growth, and discuss the practices that help accelerate your wellbeing and unlearn patterns of harm within and around you. Next, we will gather history as part of an assessment and establish a plan for how our sessions will be structured. We discuss norms and agreements that foster effective therapy and meaningful collaboration. Together, we’ll explore communication styles and relational dynamics, and I can share examples of my modalities and how they can support you in activating healthier interpersonal and working relationships—ensuring that our work is deeply aligned with organizational growth. With honesty, we can decide together if we’re a good fit. Please trust yourself in this process; knowing this is important. I can always help you find another amazing provider who may suit you better or specialize in an area I do not. My approach centers on maintaining hope and building creative, relational power in the face of adversity. Through a combination of somatic, dialogic, and creative practices, we will unlearn oppressive habits—both subconscious and conscious—that limit individual and collective potential, cultivating resilience and adaptability. Whether you continue working with me or transition to another Grow provider, trust your process and honor your needs—because transformative change requires both commitment and courage.
I have a dynamic approach and use many evidence-based and ancestral tools and approaches to weave together an approach that stays fresh, challenging, engaging, and most importantly safe and secure. I come from a long lineage of artists and poets, a heritage that has shaped how I process my emotions and experiences. Art remains at the core of my work, fueling my commitment to decolonial thriving. My background in community organizing has led me to provide workshops for organizations dedicated to immigrant rights, human rights, and environmental justice. In my practice, I weave together the essential connections between organizing, transformative justice, and healing justice—ensuring these principles guide our sessions toward meaningful and lasting change. I lean very hard into realistic, strategic, hopeful, and courageous action in my life and with clients. We can be accountable to ensure your hope can persist and you can ground yourself even through immense challenges. I am tender, supportive, and direct. I will be courageous to tell you the truth, even if it is difficult. I provide evidence based and best practices to move through blocked painful beliefs, habits, and dynamics. I am immensely creative and always have new tools and approaches to offer, and I enjoy providing choices to ensure the sessions are beneficial and that you practice asserting yourself.
I work best with folks who are ready to overcome the harmful lineage of colonial domination and examine culture to center creative growth and thriving using short-term, deeply immersive work that ensures rapid but lasting transformation. Results typically realized within 3 to 6 months. I work best with creative and neurodiverse people of color who want to have more accountability and willing to try new approaches to overcoming challenges that include movement, self-expression, creativity, and spirituality in expanded forms. We will engage in short term therapy (3-6 months more or less depending on our objectives) in order to immediately implement grounding techniques and short term EMDR, art therapy, applied practices and move through stagnation into your power.
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Cash - $150 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
AvMed
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
EMDR
Through assessment, healthy relational dynamics, guided visualization, tapping or eye-movement stimulation we are able to re-train your body's response to traumatic events, oppression, and harsh self beliefs. We can go farther back and re-process multiple generations of trauma as well. Short term and intensive re-shaping your subconscious beliefs.
Multicultural
Through decolonial creative and spiritual expression, we re-write the scripts that have harmed you and limited you. We can develop practices that will help sustain your growth and feelings of self-love. I will help you stay accountable to these practices of thriving and activating your internal inter-generational medicine.
Compassion Focused
Compassion and mindfulness practices are the core of this heart-centered, collaborative labor.
Eclectic
I will merge best practices from breathwork, cultural expression, movement, and parts work to integrate in treatment and create the most beneficial container for your process.
6 ratings with written reviews
June 26, 2026
I felt really hopeful after my first session with Claudia. I was initially drawn to her because she’s also a creative person, and that helped me feel connected and understood right away. She has such a warm, kind presence, and I felt comfortable opening up with her. I can also tell she’s very intelligent and has a lot of useful tools and insight to offer, which makes me excited to continue working together.
February 16, 2026
My first session with her went amazing. She is super sweet and caring. I have been looking for a therapist like her for a while and I’m really glad that we crossed paths.
January 25, 2026
So amazing and compassionate! instead of trying to “fix” my thoughts (like how i want), Claudia offers compassion and curiosity which allows for an even deeper dive than i thought. Such a wonderful therapist!