Your Journey to Self
starts with the commitment towards connection, full personal truth, and remembering.
No need to code switch. It’s an honor to have you here!
My name is Cristal, I also go by Cris. I’d love to think that I became a therapist by happenstance. However, that is not the case. Throughout many years of noticing self-abandonment, un-learning and re-learning, practicing, and “failing” forward - I keep being reminded of the simplicity of the wholeness that we already are. My passion is walking alongside you towards your soul’s purpose.
My aim is to work together towards your journey in gaining a deeper understanding of yourself and your experiences in order to work towards your desired goals. Your unique story is approached co-creating a space to deeply listen and witness all of you. I offer a culturally humble and holistic approach along with evidence-based modalities as well as holistic modalities (teachings from Yoga, Reiki, and plant medicine) with the perspective of intersections of your identity in mind. This may include aspects of connecting the mind and body in therapy.
As a queer Black Latiné (bilingual and bicultural) parent, I believe therapy can be a powerful way to help you delve into the deep, inner work that helps one develop awareness of intergenerational cycles or patterns that may keep you stuck in the past and struggling to thrive in the present.
Your life’s journey of healing yourself means healing your lineages and community - congratulations on answering this call!
How I support your journey
Workshops & Training
I offer workshops and training on mental health, specifically trauma healing. This can be presented through traditional presentations or movement. I incorporate a polyvagal theory approach, along with meditations, inner child work, exploring the chakra energy centers, and more.
Talk Therapy
1:1 sessions where we explore and work through themes and patterns that may be showing up - causing distress and disconnection. Sessions may include but are not limited to evidence-based interventions, movement, breathwork, and meditation. One of the most important elements of treatment is the relationship in the co-creation of the space. You are the expert of your life experiences as we dive into what is going on mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
Energy Healing
Everything carries its own vibration, including our experiences, relationships, and thoughts. Reiki is one of many alternative methods that promotes spiritual, emotional, and physical healing. This specific practice founded in Japan by Mikao Usui, Reiki utilizes the universal life force to bring energetic balance. I am a level 2 practitioner.