BODY-CENTERED

Psychotherapy for Latina Professionals & Entrepreneurs

IN CALIFORNIA

Navigate overwhelming feelings with confidence, grace, and compassion.

You believe your worth is tied to your accomplishments and productivity. You’re exhausted and overwhelmed. You know you need to slow down but you don’t know how.

Hi, Im Sonia. I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and I specialize in working with High Achieving Professionals. Through Somatic Therapy and energy healing practices, I’ll help you slow down, listen to your body, and regain confidence again.

My Approach

I use a combination of psychotherapy modalities like somatic therapy and depth psychology with ancestral knowledge, energy healing, and my intuition to ensure that each person I serve receives a therapeutic experience that is unique and personalized.

Many of the people I serve feel overwhelmed by emotions as they go through complex life experiences. My approach is body-centered and emotion-focused, meaning that we will be checking in with your body as we identify and process any emotional pain that comes up for you during your sessions.

My approach focuses on building safety while processing difficult emotions. Body awareness and befriending emotions are the skills we need to move through complex life experiences in highly sensitive bodies. I believe that our lack of body awareness and avoiding uncomfortable emotions can cause harm to our body and spirit.

As we navigate your life story, we will also integrate the waves of grief, explore childhood wounds, make the unconscious conscious, release emotional pain, and practice energetic hygiene. My job will be to act as a witness, redirect you to the here and now, and clear the way for you to feel your feelings and release them. 

Although this may sound like a structured form of therapy with a clear plan, everyone's healing journey is unique. My approach gives space for the healing process to unfold naturally out of your inner wisdom.

I believe healing is a lifelong process and requires practice, rest, and play. My approach is not a quick fix. From your first session to your last, we will be doing complex, reflective, and sustainable healing to create long-lasting change. 

A Holistic Approach to Therapy

Somatic Therapy

I teach you safe and sustainable somatic techniques that do not overwhelm your nervous system to process childhood trauma, intergenerational trauma, and grief & loss. Practicing body-scans, breathwork, and focused-attention aids in releasing pent up emotions leaving you feeling lighter, grounded, and connected.

Depth Psychology

I teach you how to conduct dialogue with yourself at a deeper level— the soul level. Allowing what has been repressed or ignored to come forward so that you can understand, explore its meaning, and integrate it. Engaging and uncovering the unconscious psyche through tarot, dreamwork, and parts work aids in increasing emotional well-being, self-discovery, and growth.

Ancestral Knowledge

Ancestral knowledge is based on indigenous ways of knowing and healing. I use ancestral knowledge I learned from mentors and community elders to reflect and normalize the cyclical nature of life and the human experience.

Energy Healing

Energy healing is what brings all of these modalities together. Unlike spirituality, which is composed of beliefs and values, energy is a fact of life. It is everywhere including our body. I use somatic techniques and visualizations to help you release energy tied to pent up emotions so you can feel safer in your body.

What you can expect

I

Schedule a free phone call. If we’re a good fit, we’ll schedule an intake session. In this session, we’ll get to know each other and create a plan based on your goals to build the foundation for the rest of our time together.

II

Throughout our work together, we will explore, examine, and process the complex emotions that come up while we uncover your story. We will cry and laugh together as we try to strengthen your intuition, self-worth, and self-trust.

III

Many of the people I serve stay with me for years because my approach is not a quick fix. Discussing your progress will be a common practice in our sessions. Doing this will help us prioritize and adjust your care as needed.

Client Testimonials

  • Working with Sonia over the last year has been life changing. Through her use of somatic practices I have had the ability to reconnect with my body after a lifetime of disconnecting and numbing. Through her gentle guidance and wisdom with somatic practices, healing I never thought possible has taken place within me. Through this process Sonia has been extremely gentle and patient with me. I am forever grateful for being able to connect with her and work with her on my healing journey.

    — Crystal

  • Sonia creates a safe container to slow down, go inward, and trust in your body's wisdom. Working with her has shifted my process from knowing to embodying, and has allowed for my healing to occur at the pace my body needs. Sonia has brought humor and joy to our sessions as she's guided me through pain and grief, and her energy has been such a grounding force.

    — N.S.

  • I reached out to Sonia after losing my mother. I was dealing with complex grief and needed a space where my grief could be held and worked through in a holistic way. Working with Sonia, I learned to integrate my mind, body and spirit in a way that I had not learned before due to my own social conditioning. Sonia held space in such a caring way that allowed me to explore emotions that I had been avoiding. I am so grateful for the time I was able to work with Sonia. It’s so hard for me to explain my work with Sonia but I can say that we laughed, we cried (well, I cried but just a little), we felt deeply and all along I felt safe and held.

    — Jesus

  • Sonia is an incredible therapist and healer, I’m so happy I found her. I’ve worked with different styles of therapists and she has been the best fit for me. Sonia’s approach is very trauma informed, she creates so much safety in her sessions, and sessions go beyond the surface or conscious level content most therapists provide. It’s my first time receiving such deep somatic therapy and since working with her, I’ve been able to process traumas and have been able to process and release energy that has been stored in my mind/body/soul. Sonia is a powerful healer and I’m so honored to have her on my self care team!

    — Raquel M.

  • Working with Sonia has been one of the greatest, most powerful gifts I’ve given myself while on this healing journey. We started having sessions during a very difficult time in my life, I was simultaneously hitting a kind of rock bottom and also going through growing pains of my own evolution. Sonia’s guidance and her capacity to allow myself to listen to my body and my own inner wisdom was like having the most loving energy gently walk me through letting go of my cocoon. The sessions we shared also greatly influenced my professional and creative endeavors, inspiring me to translate my metamorphosis through art and music, and truly launching me forward into my next big life chapter. Before starting with Sonia, I couldn’t have imagined how much I’d heal and grow. I’m forever thankful and I look forward to all of her offerings.

    — Mariza

  • I began my therapeutic journey with Sonia in January 2021 and can say with the utmost confidence, zero hesitation, and pure admiration that she has been the catalyst for so much of the good to come from my mental and physical healing. I had seen multiple therapists, but it wasn’t until I met Sonia that I actually felt heard, supported, and empowered to even continue my healing outside of our sessions. I had never once done somatic body and nervous system check ins, but her guidance through them has allowed me to unpack the layers of trauma and pieces of me that I’ve suppressed in my body and soul. And somewhere along the way, I finally started to feel again. Sonia’s soulful connection to not only her deep rooted ancestral knowledge but her mastery of holistic therapeutic practices are genuinely felt and appreciated beyond measure. I have loved every bit of her kind, informative, and touching words during our sessions. I am so happy she is my therapist and I couldn't be more grateful to share vulnerable moments with her, and be in safe spaces with her to witness her work as a healer.

    — Francesca

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes, I am currently accepting new clients. Schedule a free consultation call to see if I’m a good fit for your needs.

  • Sessions are provided virtually to anyone in California. In-office sessions and nature therapy is available to anyone in the Los Angeles area. Office location is in South LA. Nature therapy location can be Griffith Park, Lower Arroyo Park, or Ernest Debs Park.

  • My standard rate is $250 per 50-minute session.

  • I am not offering sliding scale rates at this time. I highly recommend continuing your search on the following therapist directories: latinxtherapy.com, inclusivetherapists.com, therapyden.com

  • Insurance has strict guidelines on the type of therapy, length of treatment, and goals to focus on. Insurance also requires diagnosis and access to records. In order to provide you with a completely confidential and personalized experience free of limitations imposed by managed care, I am not in-network with any insurance. I am considered an out-of-network provider and can provide you with a detailed receipt that you can submit for potential reimbursement. Call your insurance to verify if your plan qualifies for out-of-network coverage.

  • I meet with clients on a weekly or bi-monthly (every other week) basis. The work I do is considered depth work and it is not for everyone. Depth work is best facilitated in a slow and consistent pace to restore safety in the body.

  • I do not have a waitlist because I believe it is essential that people receive support as early as possible. If you would like referrals, please contact me via e-mail. I also highly recommend the following therapist directories: LatinxTherapy.com, InclusiveTherapists.com, TherapyDen.com.

  • Tuesday-Thursday 12:30pm-7:00pm

  • I accept credit/debit cards, HSA/FSA, cash, and Venmo. (Venmo payment is accepted with consent to use this platform due to Venmo not being HIPAA Compliant).

 

Non-Therapy Options

Therapy is not for everyone and it is not the end all be all of healing. If you are seeking somatic and spiritual guidance without the commitment of therapy, I created Obsidian Woman LLC to meet your needs. I offer transformational hikes, emotional limpias, energetic rebalancing, and more at obsidianwoman.com