Many times we feel stuck without knowing why or how. This can show up in different ways — anxiety, disconnection in relationships, a quiet exhaustion, or the sense of carrying something that isn't fully yours. Sometimes, seeing and working with a therapist can help you understand and work with what's underneath it.

Hello, I'm Candela, a psychoanalytically-oriented therapist. And what this means is that we look at where a symptom or a malaise is coming from — its systemic roots as much as its individual ones. I work from a liberatory framework, understanding that no distress happens in isolation and everything is interconnected.

In my private practice, I see individuals, couples, and families, in English and Spanish. I also teach in the Integral Counseling Psychology Master's program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, and work with adolescents at a wellness center in Marin County. Alongside this, I offer mindfulness tools and strategies for coping with stress and technology addiction.

My specialties include intergenerational trauma and CPTSD, bicultural and immigrant identity, grief and life transitions, athletes' retirement or chronic pain, creative blocks, and psychedelic integration.

Please reach out for more information or to schedule a session, if you feel called to know more about what's possible in our work together.