Licensed Psychologist, Now What?

Welcome to another episode of Licensed Psychologist, Now What? podcast. Today is a very special episode where I’ll be sharing five recommendations for any of you that are looking to hire a coach to help you bring your medicinas. This podcast is all about following the journey of my fellow psychotherapists and healers that are embarking to bring forward their medicinas, to follow their path in life...

Today on ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What? Podcast’ I have the honor and privilege to introduce Sofia Mendoza, LCSW @mendingrootstherapy. Sofia Mendoza is a bilingual LCSW in Long Beach, CA. She is also the author and creator of the Mending Roots Coping Guides Collection – mental health themed activity workbooks, reflection journals, coloring books, and stationary. I had the honor to have Sofia as...

Welcome back to another episode of ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What?’ podcast. Today, I invite you to go within and to start bringing some curiosity and explore the topic of valuing yourself. Not to be in the extreme of being the most amazing person, that you hurt people along the way. What I want to bring here is that in between - the between of an ego-centric kind of life, like, I'm gonna be on...

Hello and welcome back to Licensed Psychologist, Now What? podcast after a year and a half on hiatus! For today's episode, I felt very inspired to record this topic about Identity Metamorphosis: Unlearning, Deconstructing, and Designing Who We Are. Recently, I've been reflecting a lot about full circles and the things I've learned a long time ago that are now making full sense. Something I feel im...

Welcome to Pt. 3 of the series about reconnecting with our souls’ desires and gifts on the ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What?’ Podcast! Today I am sharing the HOW. After getting out what was in the way and finding out what our gifts are we will now talk about practices and ways to remember and reclaim these gifts. Some ways to reconnect and remember our MEDICINAS are:   Through meditation. If...

Today on ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What?’ Podcast we are continuing with the second of the three-part series, where I talk about my experience in reconnecting with the gifts and desires that drive our Soul. Part 2 I talk about the ways to find out what gifts you can bring to the table, and how do we do this? First, we started with the assessment, now we are exploring it and lastly, we will be cr...

Today on ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What?’ Podcast I am presenting you a three-part series where I talk about my experience in reconnecting with the gifts and desires that drive our Soul. Pt. 1 is about finding what gets in the way because if we can’t clear out the things that get in the way of finding what our soul desires it is going to be a lot harder to find or reclaim our gifts/medicine or h...

Today on ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What? Podcast’ I have the honor and privilege to introduce you to Becca Piastrelli @beccapiastrelli, fellow mama, author, and podcaster.   This was a special interview for me because I received a message about Becca being interested in coming on my podcast and I already knew her work and book and loved her message so I couldn’t believe she wanted to talk t...

Today on ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What? Podcast’ I have the honor and privilege to introduce to you to Diana Lleras, LPC @consejeria_caringandhealing . She is a licensed Professional Counselor and a fellow Latina who lives and has her practice in Georgia.   We talk about the many different ways Nature can help us, how we are wired to feel calmer when we are out in nature and how our senses...

This episode of ‘Licensed psychologist, Now What? Podcast is being published on the Winter Solstice (a couple day earlier than the usual schedule). There are a few reasons for that but one of the most important ones was because of my guest on the show today. She is a very special person and one of the most inspiring person’s I have met. Through her teachings I am learning to honor the season chang...

Today on, ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What?’ Podcast I talk about my own journey. Before jumping into what this episode is about I wanted to THANK YOU! It really gives my purpose a lot more meaning knowing that I am connecting with people that are enjoying and learning from what this show offers. After living what has been a very intense year (or two but who’s counting?) I can finally say that I h...

Today on Licensed Psychologist, Now What? Podcast I have the honor and privilege to introduce the amazing, Rosa Shetty, LCSW @ @rosashettylcsw who is a mom, wife, and dedicated professional who specializes in Trauma-Focused Therapy using her own journey of personal growth and development as the basis for her healing work. Even though she uses traditional methods like EMDR, Rosa thrives through met...

Today on Licensed Psychologist, Now What? Podcast I have the honor and privilege to have a conversation with Dr. Frances Vidot who recently finished my six-month mentorship program that just ended in September of this year. Frances is not only a fellow psychologist but also a Boricua like me and we share some similarities in our journeys coming to the U.S. and getting licensed here in this country...

Today on Licensed Psychologist, Now What? Podcast I have the honor and privilege to welcome my colleague Anjuli Sherin @anjulisherinmft ! I had the pleasure to meet Anjuli through social media which has been a game-changer for this podcast versus my previous one because I have been able to meet more of my wonderful colleagues around the world. One of the reasons I wanted to do this podcast in the...

Welcome back to another episode of my new podcast, ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What?’. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing my fellow colleague, Yuritzy Gomez, AMFT @mftyuri who was able to share some wonderful insight into her story of becoming a psychotherapist and how she has been able to overcome self-doubt in this journey of growth and determination. Her story of a first-generat...

Today on the ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What?’ podcast I am delighted to have a former guest from ‘The Beyond Resilience Life’ podcast and colleague, Andrea Vargas, LMHC and Registered Play Therapist (RPT-S). Andrea’s expertise is on people whose frontal lobe is not fully developed yet (as she describes it). Her patient base is kids ranging from 3 yrs old to early ’20s. She balances her life betw...

Today, on my new podcast, ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What? I have the honor and privilege to interview a dear mastermind colleague, Kate Lally, MA  @katelallycoaching Kate shares how her journey of unbecoming albeit a very personal one, shows how it is possible for therapists to expand their services when going from Licensed Psychologist to Life Coach. As much as Kate enjoyed her studies and...

Today, on ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What?’ Podcast I am honored to share a conversation with the fabulous Dr. Juliana Sanchez. Managing chronic illness as she was going through her schooling was a challenge but she made it happen. At the same time, she was raising kids, being a wife, and managing a household. At often times it was overwhelming, but advocating for herself and really using the hel...

Welcome back to my new podcast, ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now, What? After a short one-week break I am back to chat with a dear friend and colleague who I was lucky to have on my other podcast, The Beyond Resilience Life! Maritza Placencia is an LMFT, who works primarily with couples or individuals who are looking to better their relationships. She is here to share her great wisdom and her journey b...

Welcome to another episode of ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now What?’ Podcast. I am honored to have my friend and mastermind partner, Shirani M. Pathak, LCSW, join us as we talk about how we can dismantle Supremacy Culture in our relationships and life in general. Shirani maintains a small boutique practice for couples and provides public mentor/coaching service to those who are ready to learn how to b...

In today’s episode, I am so excited to welcome my first guest! I have the pleasure of introducing my friend Jenny Viveros, LCSW @latin_burlesque . Jenny likes to call herself a Licensed Clinical Social Worker by day and burlesque dancer by night! In this fun and engaging conversation, we talked about her two biggest passions; advocating for her peers’ rights and dancing. The deep roots of her...

Today’s episode wraps up the journey I have been through to become the Licensed Psychologist I am today and where my life has taken me on this continuous path of growth and evolution. I invite you to listen to this episode as I share some of the memories of leaving my agency work continuing on to the beginning of starting my private practice, until today. Many emotions unravel as I talk about all...

In today’s episode of ‘Licensed Psychologist, Now, What? I take you on a little journey from the time I started my predoctoral internship in Los Angeles, California to when I went full-time in my private practice a few years ago. At the beginning of this process, I went through big, significant changes in my life, like moving to Los Angeles, CA after having lived my whole life...

Welcome to another episode of my new Podcast, Licensed Psychologist, Now What? Today I continue to embark you on my journey by talking a little more in-depth about my education which was mostly from Catholic Schools and a very traditional upbringing. Experiences like one I had at a Summer Camp started to open my eyes to the world out there and took me on a road where critical thinking and all of t...

Welcome to my new podcast; Licensed Psychologist, Now What? !!! For those who don’t know me, I can proudly tell you I was born and raised in Puerto Rico and brought up within a big family. My childhood was surrounded by lots of uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents which is a big part that made me who I am today. This first episode is part one of 4 where I share a little more about my childhood and...