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I’m a warm, light-hearted therapist who believes that healing begins with feeling understood. I work with teens, adults, and couples to help them explore their emotions, strengthen relationships, and build self-awareness. I bring humor and creativity into the therapy space to make even the hard work feel approachable. My background includes experience in anxiety, relationship issues, life transitions, and trauma-informed care. I’m passionate about helping clients reconnect with themselves and create lives that feel grounded, authentic, and fulfilling.

Psychoanalytic therapy is often maligned but it remains for me one of the few treatments that seeks to address the innermost, often hidden, parts of ourselves. Psychological symptoms are not only a source of suffering, they are also a message that speaks to desires, conflicts, and pain that comes alive when spoken to a professional listener. The flip-side of anxiety is always a passionate dream that has not been encountered as such. The intimacy of speaking and listening is rare and a gift.

As a trauma therapist, I help people overcome terrible things that have happened to them in their lives. Abusive childhoods, violence in interpersonal relationships, rape, sexual assault, and cult survivors are my areas of focus. I help resolve the PTSD that often results from these atrocities, by using EMDR and traditional psychotherapy.

The common lie my clients tell themselves is, “It’s not that bad, other people have it worse.” You’re not other people. You’re allowed to get help.

My name is Ida Garcia, and I offer bilingual (English/Spanish), trauma-informed Creative Arts Therapy to adults and adolescents. I strive to create a warm and supportive space where you can feel seen, heard, and accepted for who you are.

As a Cuban-born, Afro-Latina immigrant therapist, I bring cultural awareness and an understanding of the complexities of identity, belonging, relationships, and life transitions. One of my strengths is creating a nonjudgmental environment where you can explore your experiences with curiosity, creativity, and care.

My guiding mantra is: My only way is through love. If this resonates with you, I would be honored to accompany you on your healing journey.

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