Colibri Wellness is a NYC-based, BIPOC woman-owned mental health collective.

HABLAMOS ESPAÑOL Colibri Wellness offers individual and group psychotherapy, divorce and custody coaching, as well as immigration evaluations for asylum applications and other UCSIS proceedings. We have special expertise centered on caregiver stress, including what we typically see in working professionals who might be balancing parenthood, eldercare and/or a caring profession. Our healing practice is centered on the interconnectedness and liberation of all beings. We believe that living apart from these truths creates collective, violent delusion. The Colibri approach is informed by a focus on the body in relationship and in the present moment, the workings of human attachment, what is known about the impact of trauma, and the transformative potential of the brain's neuroplasticity. ABOUT OUR PRACTICE DIRECTOR I draw from my experience as a first-generation daughter of Mexican immigrants, decades of professional toil in the trenches of NYC white collar corporate life, and my diverse clinical training. While I acknowledge the work I've completed to understand the science behind both Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), I also keep in mind that the treatment frameworks I've been trained to use can't be separated from the patriarchal, white supremacist society that was the context for their creation. As such, I continue to train in community means of healing that are native to the precolonial Americas, including community/group work and the tenets of the kitchen-table consejería I am proud to say is my inheritance from my Mexican foremothers. I am a graduate of Columbia University and the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. In 2026, I'll enter the Smith College School for Social work as a doctoral candidate. I am a member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. I am LCSW licensed to practice in both New York and Connecticut. As a light-skinned, cis-het middle-aged woman and mother, I am in a period of wildly accelerated growth and transition. Specifically, I have come to see that approaching mental health, healing and immigration work through any individual lens is insufficient. My work to decolonize the field of mental health, this counseling practice and myself will be ongoing. Together, we'll learn how our emotions function to protect us and how to get into the habit of letting our emotions process through to completion. Our connection and this simple work, over time, can help our brains finally (FINALLY) get some much-needed rest and peace, which is essential to healing. Along the way, we will get to know the depth of strength and wellness that has lived within all along.