Trauma Therapy · Texas & California
You don’t have to
carry this weight
alone.
Healing is possible — and it can go deeper than just talking about it. I offer evidence-based trauma therapy for adults and teens navigating PTSD, anxiety, and the weight of life’s hardest chapters.
Sessions available in English & Español
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You tried to move on.
It shows up in your everyday life.
Trauma doesn’t always look like one catastrophic event. Sometimes it’s the accumulated weight of experiences that left you feeling unsafe, unseen, or not enough. Whatever brought you here — you are not broken, and this doesn’t have to be permanent.
Anxiety that won’t quiet down
Your mind races constantly. You brace for the next thing to go wrong, even when life is calm on the surface.
Patterns you can’t seem to break
In relationships, reactions, responses — you recognize them, but you can’t stop them.
Stuck between past and present
Old memories or feelings intrude on your daily life even when you don’t want them to.
The weight of things unsaid
Experiences of abuse, violence, or injustice that are hard to talk about — or impossible to explain.
You feel like you don’t fully belong in either world
The specific burden of navigating two cultures — the grief, the identity questions, the loneliness.
A self-image that feels broken
Something tells you that you’re too much or not enough. You’re tired of believing it.
Therapy that goes beyond talking.
Most of us know what hurts. The challenge is that knowing isn’t always enough to heal it. That’s where EMDR comes in.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy that helps your brain process traumatic memories the way it was naturally designed to — so they lose their grip on your present life. It’s not about re-living the past. It’s about freeing yourself from it.
- 1We identify what’s keeping you stuck — memories, beliefs, body sensations.
- 2We help your brain reprocess those experiences at their root.
- 3The memory stays, but the pain attached to it fades. You feel different — lighter, freer.
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“You don’t have to stay stuck. Change is possible — and it can happen faster than you think.”
You belong here, exactly as you are.
Survivors of trauma & abuse
Sexual assault, intimate partner violence, childhood trauma, and complex PTSD.
Immigrants & first-gen adults
Navigating identity, belonging, family dynamics, and the unique stressors of immigration.
Adolescents (13–17)
Teens navigating anxiety, trauma, identity, and the weight of growing up.
Adults in life transitions
Major changes — relationships, loss, identity — that have left you feeling groundless.
Latinx & multicultural clients
Culturally informed care that honors your full identity, without having to explain yourself.
LGBTQ+ individuals
Affirming therapy for those navigating identity, discrimination, and intersecting experiences.
A therapist who gets it —
and has the experience to back it.
I’m Viviana Urdaneta, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over a decade of experience working with survivors of trauma, abuse, and the complex weight of lived experience.
I was born in Colombia and bring a bilingual, bicultural perspective to every session. My approach is collaborative, culturally informed, and grounded in evidence. I believe therapy should meet you where you are — and help you get where you want to go.
Learn more about me →Published Author & Researcher
Viviana has contributed to peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on EMDR therapy, cultural competence, and trauma treatment — including work published by Springer Publishing.
See full credentials & publications →The first step is
just a conversation.
Book a free 15-minute call. No pressure, no commitment,
just a chance to see if we’re a good fit.
Available in English and Español.
Telehealth only · Texas & California · English & Español