Welcome

• Hi, welcome to my website, my name is Gabriela Villalobos Pronouns she/her/hers. I am a bilingual (Spanish/English) psychotherapist. I graduated from the University of San Francisco with a masters in clinical psychology. My specific license is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.

• As human beings we will inevitability experience adversity, change and loss in life. I believe we can derive powerful meaning, wisdom and growth from these experiences. Sometimes we can feel lost through this experience because of the hardship, loss, uncertainty and other challenges adversity presents. Through my various years of experience I like to use a collaborative, supportive and client centered approach to support my patients gain skills to foster more resilience, meaning, growth and fulfillment in their journey through adversity.

• I have experience working with the Latinx community but also welcome other BIPOC and Non-BIPOC patients.

• I also have experience working with Latinx LGBTQ++ community and view gender as fluid.

• For now I am focusing on providing individual and couples session.

• My clinical lens is holistic, compassionate and has a trauma lens . This meaning I try to understand a patient’s perception of life and assess how trauma has impacted their perspective on life and how they engage in relationships. Then I support patients through a healing process using IFS (Internal Family System Therapy), to help patients engage in a process of self-discovery and fulfillment. My therapeutic work is also somatic meaning I like to use the body as a source of information to help patients better attune to themselves and understand how stress and trauma impacts the body. Lastly I also like to incorporate concepts from neuroscience that can assist me with teaching my patients how trauma impacts the brain while also teaching them skills that can promote healing within the body and brain.