
About Me
Many of us carry quiet burdens—anxiety, self-doubt, disconnection, or the question: Who am I, and how do I live a life that feels like mine?
My Approach
Philosophy & Values
These struggles can take root in our bodies, relationships, and the stories we tell ourselves. The desire to heal is strong, but the first step can feel daunting when past wounds or self-criticism weigh us down.
I believe our struggles often point toward something wise and adaptive within us. Together, we’ll explore these places with care and openness —uncovering the inner resources that may have been buried beneath pain, silence, or expectation. My hope is to help you meet yourself with compassion and move toward growth that feels grounded, meaningful, and true to you.
My practice is a space where all of you is welcome. We’ll hold your past with care, explore your present with curiosity, and make room to carve your own path forward. Rooted in an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed framework, I see each relationship as a living system shaped by history, culture, attachment, and both spoken and unspoken narratives. Whether you’re deepening connection, navigating conflict, rebuilding trust, or moving through change,
I support you in being more fully seen while we tend to the dynamics that hold—or hinder—healing.
How I practice
I’m a person-centered, relational therapist, which means that I see relationships as the driving force behind how we grow and make meaning of our lives. This includes not only the relationships we have with other people, but also the one we have with ourselves.
Style & Methods
While I center our work in the present, I recognize how the past is always with us—our family systems, cultural lineages, and survival strategies all shape who we are.
My style is collaborative, adaptive and insight driven. I draw from psychodynamic theory, relational work, somatic awareness, CBT, EFT, and harm-reduction when integrating plant medicine or expanded states of consciousness. Our work won’t be one-size-fits-all, but deeply personal and responsive to meet your unique needs with gentleness, depth, and transparency.
As a biracial and bilingual therapist, I bring a unique attunement and sensitivity to identity, belonging, and what it means to live between cultures, languages, roles, or expectations. While I primarily conduct sessions in English, I welcome clients who feel more comfortable expressing themselves in Spanish—and want you to feel at home moving fluidly between both.
I don’t usually assign homework, though I’m always open to what feel most supportive for you.
In our sessions, I bring presence, warmth, compassion, and sometimes a little humor. All you need to bring is yourself—just as you are.
I’m a licensed clinical social worker, Brooklyn-born New Yorker, and daughter of a Peruvian mother and American father. My name, Suyana, means “hope” in Quechua, an Indigenous language of Peru—a meaning that feels especially fitting for the work I do now.
More About Me
Growing up biracial in a multicultural home was both beautiful and challenging. I often felt stuck in the in-between—ni de aquí, ni de allá, neither here nor there. For years I carried this as a burden, but over time I came to see it as a gift: a deep understanding of what it means to live between identities, cultures, and expectations. I believe those in-between spaces can hold profound potential for connection, self-discovery, and healing.
I was drawn to this work through my own healing—through therapy, my years in family and immigration defense social work, and expanded states of consciousness that reconnected me to my body and lineage. This isn’t just a profession for me; it’s part of who I am. I hold deep respect for the complexity of each person’s process and trust in our capacity to transform.
Outside the therapy room, I find calm and creativity in music, cooking, kickboxing, reconnecting with nature—and yes, forcing snuggles on my cats (therapist cat lady energy).
Credentials & Training
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (license #093752)
• BA in Sociology – Goucher College
• MSW – Silberman School of Social Work
• Postgraduate training – Fluence
• Postgraduate training – National Institute for the Psychotherapies
• Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI) Certified
• Online certification in TF-CBT


“I believe that healing isn’t about becoming someone new, but coming home to who you’ve always been—one layer at a time.”