New to Grow
Hello! I'm Ingrid and I am a bilingual Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California with over 10 years of experience. I am passionate about helping teens, young adults and women overcome their current obstacles so they can live out their life to the fullest and engage fully in all of their relationships. I provide a warm and safe therapeutic environment where you can explore your past and become more attuned to how it has impacted your emotional state, beliefs and behaviors in order to create a new path forward into the life you want to live. My approach will give you practical strategies to help manage your current symptoms while we explore changes that can be made to help you reach your goals.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In our first session we will explore what your current challenges are while identifying goals of what your ideal life would look like when you are able to better navigate your current stressors.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
My greatest strength as a therapist is my desire to help others. I have a desire to really understand my clients struggles so that I can best support you in reaching your goals. I strive to create a strong therapeutic alliance with my clients by providing warmth, empathy and a genuine curiosity.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
If you are feeling stuck in the same patterns and want to explore what is holding you back, I want to support with therapy that focuses on identifying and challenging those thoughts, feelings and behaviors that are maintaining your current patterns, while exploring changes that are practical and meaningful to your life. I am passionate working with young adults and women who are struggling with anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties and are ready to use to challenge patterns that may be holding them back and move toward a more fulfilling life.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I have been certified in individual and trauma focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy since 2017. I utilize the theory to identify and challenge negative thought patterns and beliefs that are impacting your ability to change the way you think, feel and behave in your day to day life.
Trauma Informed Care
Through multiple evidence based practice certifications and trainings, looking at all challenges through a trauma informed lens helps shift the focus from what is wrong, to what happened to you and how is it impacting you currently. This helps identify solutions and to help process your past while looking to the future.
Christian Counseling
As a graduate from Azusa Pacific's Master of Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy faith integration as a part of the therapeutic process is something that I was trained to do from the beginning of my career, when my clients are open to it.