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About Me

Saralicia Hernandez, LMFT, RPT

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Play Therapist.

I am trained in Medical Family Therapy, am certified as an Integrative Trauma Specialist, and use an Interpersonal Neurobiology informed approach, incorporating humanistic and somatic techniques that allow us to work together to understand how your experiences have shaped the way you feel about and understand the world and relate to those around you, helping you find ways to create meaningful (and joyful) connections with yourself and others: Brains, Love, Play!

I am from Mexico City and speak both Spanish and English fluently.

The Brains Love Play Manifesto

Children are individuals, no matter how young.

We all deserve respect, compassion, and understanding.

I believe in “time in" rather than “time out."

I believe in connection and collaboration rather than correction and compliance.

I believe in modeling behavior; children will do as we do much more than as we say.

I believe in stress responses and protection rather than manipulation and aggression.

I believe in the power of relationships: we heal in the same way as we are often hurt.

I believe all emotions have a purpose.

I believe that all behavior is communication.

I believe we all have the capacity to heal and the wisdom to know how to do so.

I believe that no two brains work the same, and that is a beautiful thing.

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