Brenda Andrade, LPC-A

As a bilingual, bicultural Latina therapist, I offer counseling that is personal, compassionate, and shaped by my lived experience and cultural roots. Growing up in a bicultural household in the U.S. taught me to navigate multiple identities and hold space for both grief and resilience, and I bring that understanding of transitions, identity, and belonging into every session. I draw from Person-Centered and Culturally-Sensitive therapy so you feel respected and understood, along with Mindfulness-Based strategies and DBT skills to help you slow down, tune in to your strengths, and meet life’s challenges with greater ease.

In our first session, you can share as much or as little as feels right. We’ll explore what brings you to therapy, what matters most to you, and what growth might look like, and I’ll introduce how mindfulness and DBT skills may fit into our work so you’ll get an idea of what to expect.

What moves me most is watching patients see themselves with more truth and tenderness. It might be a neurodivergent patient who stops masking and shows up fully, someone who laughs while remembering a loved one and realizes joy and sorrow can coexist, a patient who says, “I used a skill this week and it worked,” or an inner critic that softens into a gentler voice. These moments remind me that the courage to change was already there. Patients tell me they felt safe enough to go places they never expected, and didn’t feel alone once they got there. They describe our work as a real conversation rather than a clinical exam. My aim is to establish a human-to-human connection, where honesty and warmth work together.