Hola!
Soy Elizabeth Gonzalez Morales hije de Sara Morales Vidal Y Jose Manuel Gonzalez Garcia de la tierra de Los Guamares. I graduated in 2017 with a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with Latinx Family Studies Specialization at Pacific Oaks College and licensed in California since 2020. I have been practicing since 2016 to present as a trainee, associate, and now as a licensed clinician.
Just like like Los Guamares; I migrated to Tongva Land. I identify as Queer, Spiritual, Non-Binary, Bilingual, Bicultural person. My personal journey along with my education and training helped shape my calling and the person that will be sitting with you.
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I want to recognize the effort It takes to look within ourselves and that includes the process of starting therapy and healing. I cherish the relationship built in our sessions as it is a great privilege to witness your story. My therapeutic style is centered on a mutual and equal relationship working towards your personal goals using different modalities and interventions. I can also offer a safe space filled with empathy and compassion to walk through the difficult emotions and sensations that can come from old or new wounds. It is my hope to help you remember and strengthen that resilience and wisdom within you as well.
Hola, I AM Monica de la Cruz Lopez Leal (Consejera De la Cruz Loba Leal)
Licensed in Marriage and Family Therapy with a focus on trauma -or as our abuelitxs called it, “susto” and soul integration. I was born in the Sierra Occidental Mountains of Jalisco, Mexico, from a lineage of Gente Mestiza (Huichol/Wixaritari) -holders of natural medicine and infinite wisdom.
As a child and adolescent, I continued to follow the natural path of my indigenous ancestors with my family on both sides of the border; many of those undocumented; and, other times in Nepantla. A profound understanding of the complexity of the human spirit and experience was gained through the lens of my lived experience as an immigrant farm workers; raised in the ghettos and barrios; living through the LA Riots; the war on drugs; family deportations; educational desegregation busing; first generation college graduate; and as a parent of a child diagnosed with Autism.
I draw from ancestral spirituality, lived experience and education to be your guide. I meet you where ever you find yourself on your journey to a more authentic, integrated life through a culturally humble, trauma-resilient, compassionate lens where you are the expert of your life; and, I am a safe container to unpack and make meaning of your experiences.
We are our own medicine; the answer lies inside the pain.
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