THERAPY IN ORANGE COUNTY & ACROSS CA, MA, & OH
Reclaim your voice, discover self-compassion, find belonging, and build lasting peace.
Specializing in eating disorders, trauma, anxiety, and relationship concerns
You’re exhausted from overthinking, overgiving, and overfunctioning.
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From the outside, it looks like you’ve got this whole adulting thing down—steady job, reliable friend, supportive family member. But inside, it feels loud, messy, and lonely. You don’t feel like the version of yourself everyone else sees.
Especially if you identify as BIPoC or multiracial, the disconnect between your outside and internal world is taxing. The code-switching, blending, hyperawareness of your environment…it all gets exhausting.
Sometimes you’re on autopilot. Other times, stuck in a loop you can’t escape.
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You notice how everyone else feels and have a sense of their needs. Yet your own needs often go unnoticed, even by you.
You long to feel close to others, but question whether they can meet you emotionally. You question if you’re too much or not good enough.
You find yourself giving more than you have, then wondering why you're so tired, so resentful, and so alone in it all.
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Whenever you try to share your needs or emotions, guilt creeps in. Even eating—something you know you need to live—leaves you feeling ashamed or wanting to hide.
Your relationship with food feels tangled in a web of rules and guilt. Eating is followed by self-doubt and shame, should’s and shouldn’t haves.
Your body feels like something to control; not a place you feel at home in.
Somewhere inside, you know this way of living isn’t sustainable.
You’re ready to step out of the storm of internal chaos into steadier ground where calm, connection, and self-trust can feel possible again.
HI, I’M NATALIA!
LICENSED THERAPIST ORANGE COUNTY
I believe the answers you’re looking for exist within you.
Those answers are woven through your emotions, your body, and your story. Together, we can help you gain clarity and understanding. Therapy with me is about getting to know yourself on a deeper level. It’s about building a relationship with yourself rooted in trust, kindness, and confidence.
My style is warm, relational, and attuned. Sometimes there’s solace in knowing that the person across from you can just get it with a sigh, a nod, or a side eye. I’ll follow your lead while also offering honest reflection and gentle challenge when it serves your healing. I’m fully invested in helping you feel more connected, grounded, and whole.
Learn more about working with me.
Specialities
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Eating disorders can leave you feeling trapped in a cycle of shame, guilt, and confusion.
Together, we’ll uncover the deeper challenges and root causes—with an approach grounded in curiosity, neutrality, and compassion.
Learn more about eating disorder therapy.
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Living with trauma can feel like you’re carrying a heavy, yet invisible backpack. You feel it, but no one else sees it or has a sense of its weight.
Together, we’ll explore your story, emotions, and narrative with gentleness and kindness.
Learn more about trauma therapy.
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Anxiety can be all consuming—taking over your mind, body, and relationships. It’s hard to feel present and connected in your life when anxiety is in charge.
Together, we’ll explore ways anxiety impacts your life and establish a plan to get relief.
Learn more about anxiety therapy.
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Relationships, connection, and community are so essential for our survival as humans. It’s no wonder that when relationships feel disconnected, strained, unresolved, it takes a toll.
Together, we’ll explore the parts of you that feel hurt, unseen, are longing for connection—and we’ll explore how to bridge that needs-gap and have more fulfilling relationships.
Learn more about relationship therapy.
Simple steps for meaningful change.
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Schedule a free 15- minute consultation call
Let’s schedule a call where I can learn more about you. You’ll also be able to ask any questions you may have for me about therapy or my approach.
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Work together
We’ll slow things down and get to know the parts of you that need connection, compassion, understanding, & relief. We’ll explore, process, reflect, & unburden parts of you that keep you feeling stuck in your life.
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Unlock healing and connection
Notice shifts in your life. Feel more connected to your emotions, community, and life. Releasing the inner chaos & accessing more inner peace.
Therapy for wherever you feel most comfortable.
Whether you feel most comfortable face-to-face or in the comfort of your own home, I have you covered.
I offer in-person and online sessions to fit your needs.
In-person therapy sessions located in Mission Viejo, CA.
Online therapy sessions across California, Massachusetts, & Ohio.
You’ve spent so long trying to be who everyone else needed. Let’s find you again.
I’m here to support you. Let’s get started!