all about Alexa
Alexa is a dedicated therapist committed to helping clients break free from traditional stereotypes surrounding therapy and embark on a transformative journey toward personal growth. Raised in Mexico City and based in the United States for over two decades, Alexa brings a multicultural lens to her work, blending cultural sensitivity and deep empathy in every therapeutic interaction. Her background allows her to connect with clients navigating complex cultural identities and life transitions, fostering a space where diverse lived experiences are honored and understood.
Alexa holds a Master’s degree in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University (NYU). Her academic background, combined with years of hands-on experience, equips her to guide clients through a variety of emotional and psychological challenges. Alexa’s approach is rooted in compassion, curiosity, and a deep commitment to her clients’ personal growth. Whether supporting someone through anxiety, OCD, depression, or significant life transitions, Alexa creates a nonjudgmental space where clients feel safe to explore their inner world.
In her therapeutic work, Alexa focuses on building trust, fostering resilience, and empowering clients to connect with their authentic selves. Her areas of expertise span anxiety, OCD, depression, relationship dynamics, cultural adaptation, and life transitions. She possesses a unique ability to support clients navigating guilt related to parental divorce, grief, struggles with self-compassion, self-worth, and identity, as well as challenges with professional burnout, emotional self-regulation, and intrusive thoughts associated with OCD.
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Areas of exploration with clients: Anxiety and stress management, OCD and intrusive thoughts, depression and low mood, relationship and intimacy challenges, fear of abandonment, self-compassion and reducing self-criticism, emotional regulation, grief, trauma and loss, professional and academic stress, attachment patterns and styles, self-acceptance and self-love, life transitions and adjustment difficulties, cultural identity and adaptation, guilt from parental divorce, perfectionism and self-worth, professional burnout.
Modalities used: Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD, Strengths-Based Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Relational Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy.
how she works
Alexa’s therapeutic approach is eclectic and integrative, carefully tailored to meet the unique needs of each client. She draws on a diverse set of modalities, blending evidence-based therapies with a person-centered approach. Through Internal Family Systems (IFS), Alexa helps clients connect with their internal ‘parts,’ fostering greater self-awareness and harmony. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) allows her to guide clients in identifying and reframing unhelpful thoughts and patterns, leading to lasting behavioral change.
With a Strengths-Based Approach, Alexa emphasizes recognizing and leveraging clients' existing strengths and resources to foster resilience and promote positive change. She also integrates Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), particularly when working with clients navigating OCD. This evidence-based approach helps clients confront their fears in a safe and structured way while reducing reliance on compulsive behaviors.
Alexa’s person-centered philosophy ensures that clients are seen as the experts of their own lives. She works collaboratively with them, empowering them to make meaningful changes and embrace their journey with curiosity and self-compassion.
In addition to her clinical expertise, Alexa is deeply attuned to clients struggling with perfectionism, self-criticism, and a fear of abandonment. She helps clients untangle these emotional threads, offering tools and strategies to foster self-compassion, emotional regulation, and healthier relational dynamics.
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Education
Degree MA MHCW
University NYU Steinhardt
Alexa holds a Masters in Mental Health Counseling and Wellness from NYU Steinhardt and a limited permit license in the State of New York.
Certificates and Trainings
Alexa has completed a Certification in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) from the Medical University of South Carolina, along with training in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP).