Tune into Yourself.
Reclaim Balance and Trust.
Embrace your Life.
Somatic therapy in Oakland and online across California
Body-mind healing focusing on anxiety, stress, grief, loss & transitions
Finding yourself in auto-pilot, with so much on your plate and everything seems urgent?
Constantly feeling the pressures & expectations to be “the strong one” and always excel?
What if there was a way to lower the volume of the critical voice of shame and guilt, that you could make space to meet your needs and desires, soften overwhelm and self-doubt, and harness your inherent strength towards what matters to you?
You value your relationships, family and communities. You give your all in everything that you do and people know they can count on you. You have worked hard to get to where you are today.
Yet you have been pushing for a long time and now find yourself running on empty, constantly wondering if you can keep it all together. You long for a break, but what you are carrying is important. You fear - “if I stop or slow down, everything might fall apart”.
Perhaps you are feeling stuck, lost and disconnected from yourself, your desires, or your life’s direction.
It is possible your body speaks - through tension, panic, sleep or health issues- letting you know something needs attention.
It could be that you have experienced a significant change or loss that is asking you to pause.
Or the self-judgement and self-doubt are causing too much pain and you feel it’s time to make space for your healing.
You don’t have to figure this out alone.
No matter where you are on your path, things don’t have to stay the way they feel right now.
It is possible to pause… take a deep breath…
and slowly begin to move into your authentic fullest self.
Hola. I am María Cristina.
When we feel overwhelmed, burned-out, exhausted, stuck, or confused, having a space to open up without fear of judgment is incredibly important. We all deserve understanding and support as we figure out what we need in our healing. Sometimes, the hardest part is just knowing where to turn or how to start.
I’m glad you here as you figure out the support you need.
I offer a holistic body-mind approach called somatic therapy. In somatic therapy we focus on the mind-body connection to help you feel relief from anxiety & chronic stress, process experiences of grief & loss and find physical & emotional well-being.
I support BIPOC, women, Latinx/e, immigrants, cultural workers, healers, creatives and folks that move in-between cultures and identities. We work together to unpack the impact of a culture that leaves us feeling overwhelmed and burned-out and transform anxiety and chronic stress into peaceful, purposeful and joyful lives.
Specialties
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Anxiety & Stress
A space to slow down, make sense why you are feeling burned-out and anxious, heal overwhelm and self doubt, and regain a sense balance and trust in yourself.
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Grief, Loss & Transitions
A holistic therapy space to process loss and transitions, gently tend to grief and slowly find its restorative force.
Methods:
Somatic Therapy
A holistic body-mind practice in which we pay attention to the body experience to access the present moment and access your own healing capacity.
Internal Family Systems(IFS)
A trauma healing approach that helps you connect to different parts within you to help you get a deeper understanding of yourself and step into your life with curiosity, compassion, and courage.
Walk-and-Talk Somatic Therapy
A holistic nature-based approach to mental and physical health that recognizes we are inherently a part of nature and our relationship with the natural world is a pathway to our personal and collective healing.
How to Get Started:
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Click here to contact me. We’ll schedule a no-obligation, complimentary phone consultation at the day and time that works for you.
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We’ll Connect
During our consult, you can share what’s moving you to start therapy. I’ll answer any questions you have and help you decide if I’m the right therapist for you.
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Meet and set intentions
We will meet weekly or biweekly depending on your needs & goals. Sessions will have moments to slow down as we begin to craft the path towards what you long for.
