I’m Vanessa and I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I use she/her pronouns, identify as Latina and was born in El Salvador.

I’ve been a therapist now for about 10 years and I’ve become more and more passionate about supporting clients struggling with their relationship with food and their bodies.

I’ve worked in many settings such as community mental health, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, medical hospital and on a military base. And through all of these experiences, I’ve witnessed how diet culture can effect people in their day to day lives.

When we are struggling with something that is often praised & even celebrated in our society, like weight loss and restrictive eating, it can be isolating.

I believe therapy can offer you a safe space to process these experiences, discover what recovery from unhelpful thoughts and behaviors means for you and how to find freedom from these experiences.

It’s not easy to tell someone else about your experiences and emotions. It can be scary, but I am here to walk you through it.

I do my best to meet people where they are. I understand if it’s someone’s first time in therapy or if someone is feeling nervous or hesitant about it, that it takes time to build trust with someone to eventually share your story.