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Adriana Alejandre, LMFT | Conversations about Mental Health Myths
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Join Trauma Therapist, Adriana Alejandre, on this mission to break the stigma, learn self-help techniques, and advocate for cultural attunement to help generations heal. Latinx Therapy is a bilingual podcast & national directory of Latine Therapists discussing mental health topics in efforts to demystify myths and diagnoses that prevent people in our community from seeking help. Find a Latine therapist at latinxtherapy.com

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  1. Episode 1 ·  Video

    Undocumented Mental Health with Jennifer León Salinas, LMFT

    Today in this segment, I talked with Jennifer León Salinas, about the emotional and physical impacts hostile policies and public discourse have on undocumented mental health, where we look closely at the well-being of living undocumented within our current American societal systems. We explored how Jennifer helps individuals navigate the realities of immigrant enforcement stemming from societal hostility. Jennifer shared her family's migration story and surviving as an undocumented child, giving us context how deeply our political climate impacts long-term undocumented mental health.   About today's guest: Jennifer is a bilingual LMFT based in Los Angeles, adjunct graduate professor, and a first generation, undocumented/DACAmented immigrant from Michoacan Mexico who approaches trauma through a liberation and social justice lens. She is also the founder of MujeresxPsych, a nationally recognized platform dedicated to increasing representation and access in the field of psychology. Jennifer is accepting clients in the state of California!  Follow Jennifer:  https://msha.ke/mujeresxpsych/  https://www.instagram.com/mujeresxpsych/  http://instagram.com/undocu.traumatherapist  Resources:  https://www.informedimmigrant.com/  https://immigrantsrising.org/what-we-do-mental-health/

    Undocumented Mental Health with Jennifer León Salinas, LMFT

  2. Episode 2 ·  Video

    Jennifer León Salinas: El impacto emocional de vivir indocumentado

    Hoy en este segmento, conversé con Jennifer León Salinas sobre los impactos emocionales y físicos que las políticas hostiles y el discurso público tienen en la salud mental de las personas indocumentadas. Exploramos de cerca el bienestar de vivir sin un estatus migratorio dentro de los sistemas sociales actuales de Estados Unidos. También hablamos sobre cómo Jennifer acompaña a las personas a enfrentar las realidades de la aplicación de las leyes migratorias y el impacto de la hostilidad social hacia las comunidades inmigrantes. Jennifer compartió la historia migratoria de su familia y su experiencia creciendo como una niña indocumentada, brindándonos un contexto de cómo el clima político puede afectar profundamente la salud mental de las personas indocumentadas a largo plazo. Sobre nuestra invitada de hoy: Jennifer es terapeuta matrimonial y familiar licenciada (LMFT), bilingüe y radicada en Los Ángeles. También es profesora adjunta de posgrado y una inmigrante indocumentada con DACA, de primera generación, originaria de Michoacán, México. Su trabajo aborda el trauma desde una perspectiva de liberación y justicia social. Además, es la fundadora de MujeresxPsych, una plataforma reconocida a nivel nacional dedicada a aumentar la representación y el acceso en el campo de la psicología. Acepta clientes en el estado de California. Sigue a Jennifer: https://www.instagram.com/mujeresxpsych/ http://instagram.com/undocu.traumatherapist Recurso mencionados en el episodio: https://www.inmigranteinformado.com/

    Jennifer León Salinas: El impacto emocional de vivir indocumentado

  3. Episode 3 ·  Video

    Data as Resistance: Inside Alejandre Foundation's Support Groups for Rapid Responders

    *This episode was recorded Feb 2026. The foundation is currently organizing support groups for families who have had a loved one deported under the current administration.** Today in this episode, I talked with Dr. Yessica Green Rosas about the importance of support groups and rapid responders in our current political climate. We explored how research data collected from pre- and post-tests can be used to advocate for funding, policy change, or expand mental health support for rapid responders. Dr. Yessica shared her experience with mental health and highlighted the importance of pre- and post tests for project like this, and moreover, why research matters.   About Today's Guest: Dr. Green Rosas is a scholar whose research addresses systemic inequities to improve the mental health of Latine children and families. She has led Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) in the United States and internationally and holds clinical experience delivering a wide range of evidence-based treatments in hospital, university, and community health care settings.  Follow Dr. Yessica: Instagram (@dr.greenrosas): http://www.instagram.com/dr.greenrosas/

    Data as Resistance: Inside Alejandre Foundation's Support Groups for Rapid Responders

  4. Episode 4 ·  Video

    The Experience of a Latina Sibling of a Disabled Person

    Today I am joined by Suyapa Ulloa, where we discussed how belonging to an immigrant family can shape how disability is talked about and handled within the family. We explored how caregivers/parents can support the mental health of non-disabled siblings, navigating moments of resentment without shame, and resources to support disability justice and inclusion. Suyapa shares her immigrant family's journey navigating their dynamic with a disabled child and reflects on her experience as a non-disabled elder sibling. About today's guest: Suyapa Ulloa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker licensed in CA, NV, and FL who can be found on the Latinx Therapy directory. Practice website: https://www.suyapasutherapist.com/ Latinx Therapy Directory Listing: https://latinxtherapy.com/therapists/suyapa-ulloa-lcsw/ Resources from this episode:  Sins Invalid is a disability justice-based movement building and performance project that celebrates disabled people, centering and led by disabled Black, Indigenous, and people of the global majority, and queer, trans, and nonbinary disabled people: https://sinsinvalid.org/ Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund: https://dredf.org/ Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, Inc: https://awnnetwork.org/ National Council on Independent Living works to enhance the human and civil rights of all people with disabilities: https://ncil.org/

    The Experience of a Latina Sibling of a Disabled Person

  5. Episode 5 ·  Video

    From Daughter to Caregiver: Walking with a Mother Through Cancer

    Johanny Reyes and I spoke about the reversal of roles, from being cared for to becoming the caregiver often influenced by unspoken rules and misconceptions in Latinx immigrant families. Topics in this segment include the common silence regarding illness, aging, and what support can look like as a caregiver. Johanny shares what it was like as the eldest daughter suddenly stepping into a caregiver role and how she learned to navigate this new identity while processing grief. This episode will be aired in Spanish next week. This episode is dedicated to Johanny's mother, who passed a couple months after we recorded this episode. May her beautiful mami rest so peacefully. About today's guest: Johanny Reyes is a licensed therapist in Florida and Afro-Latina entrepreneur dedicated to promoting mental health and increasing accessibility to mental health resources within Latin, Black and Brown communities including Spanish–speaking and undocumented people. She is also the founder of her own practice, where she specializes in supporting clients through grief, trauma, and life transitions, cultivating a safe space where clients can heal, grow, and thrive.  Follow Johanny: Instagram: http://instagram.com/thrivingcounselingsolutions Practice website (Florida residents): https://www.ThrivingCounselingSolutions.com Find Johanny in the Latinx Therapy Directory: https://latinxtherapy.com/speakers/johanny-reyes/

    From Daughter to Caregiver: Walking with a Mother Through Cancer

  6. Episode 6 ·  Video

    De Hija a Cuidadora: Acompañando a Una Madre Enferma

    En esta conversación hablamos sobre la inversión de roles: pasar de ser quien recibe cuidados a convertirse en la persona cuidadora, una transición que a menudo está influenciada por reglas no dichas y conceptos erróneos dentro de las familias inmigrantes latinas. Entre los temas que abordamos se encuentran el silencio que suele rodear la enfermedad, así como las diferentes formas en que puede verse el apoyo cuando se asume el rol de cuidador. Johanny comparte cómo fue cuidando su mamá con cancer, siendo la hija mayor, asumir de manera repentina la responsabilidad de cuidarla y cómo aprendió a desenvolverse en esta nueva identidad mientras atravesaba su proceso de duelo. Le dedicamos este segmento a la mamá de Johanny. Que descanse en paz. Sobre la invitada de hoy: Johanny Reyes es una terapeuta con licencia y empresaria afrolatina dedicada a promover la salud mental y aumentar la accesibilidad a los recursos de salud mental dentro de las comunidades latinas, negras y morenas, incluyendo a personas hispanohablantes e indocumentadas. También es la fundadora de su propia práctica, donde se especializa en apoyar a sus clientes a través del duelo, el trauma y las transiciones de la vida, cultivando un espacio seguro donde los clientes puedan sanar. Encuentra Johanny en nuestro directorio:  https://latinxtherapy.com/speakers/johanny-reyes/  Sigue a Johanny: Instagram: http://instagram.com/thrivingcounselingsolutions   Su consultorio: https://www.ThrivingCounselingSolutions.com

    De Hija a Cuidadora: Acompañando a Una Madre Enferma

  7. Episode 7 ·  Video

    Decoding Immigrant Parenting Choices from a Colombian Daughter

    In this segment, our guest Sandra Barros shares with us her family life to decode immigrant parenting choices and how generational messages of identity are internalized. We explored "Spanish only" homes discussing how assimilation, discrimination, and collective trauma influence the choices of parents. Sandra reflects on her therapeutic work and draws how these internalized messages produce shame, while offering strategies for finding healing through collective action during times of political distress and decompressing on an individualistic and collectivistic level.    About today's guest: Sandra Barros, LCSW-QS  (she, her, ella) believes that everyone deserves a life grounded in purpose, empowerment, emotional well-being, and fulfilling relationships. She believes we do this together, in community. Through a warm, nonjudgmental approach, she works collaboratively with clients to build on their strengths and inner wisdom to address life challenges. Some of her areas of passion include nurturing self-confidence, cultivating fulfilling relationships, transforming trauma and loss into strength and meaning, overcoming imposter syndrome and anxiety (moving from perfectionism and fear toward grounded purpose), and fostering healing and empowerment from racial injustice for BIPOC folks, activists and community organizers. She also supports harm reduction, mindful self-care, and 12-step recovery approaches that emphasize self-kindness, for both alcohol use and challenges with emotional eating. As a racial justice organizer for over 20 years and the daughter of Colombian immigrants, Sandra is passionate about racial, immigrant, gender, and 2SLGBTQIA+ justice. Sandra provides Clinical Supervision for Social Workers wanting support developing a Liberation Psychology and De-Colonial approach to therapeutic practice. She can often be found on the salsa dance floor or participating in social causes as part of her self-care and community care.    Find Sandra in our Directory:  https://latinxtherapy.com/therapists/barros-psychotherapy/  Resources mentioned in the episode:  Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Success in Life by Dr Orbé-Austin and Lisa Orbé-Austin Cuchillo Soft by Lenina Nadal  You Sound like a White Girl by Julissa Arce  Brown Badass Bonita Kim Guerra

    Decoding Immigrant Parenting Choices from a Colombian Daughter

  8. Episode 8 ·  Video

    Decisiones de Crianza, Asimilación y Protección Frente a La Discriminación

    En este segmento, nuestra invitada Sandra Barros comparte aspectos de su vida familiar para analizar las decisiones de crianza de las familias inmigrantes y cómo se interiorizan los mandatos generacionales sobre la identidad. Exploramos la dinámica de los hogares donde "solo se habla español" y cómo la asimilación, la discriminación y el trauma colectivo influyen en las decisiones parentales. Sandra reflexiona sobre su labor terapéutica y explica cómo estos mensajes interiorizados generan vergüenza, al tiempo que propone estrategias para sanar mediante la acción comunitaria en momentos de tensión política y para liberar cargas tanto a nivel individual como colectivo. Sobre la invitada de hoy:  Sandra Barros, Terapeuta y Trabajadora Clínica Social (ella/she/her), está comprometida a apoyar a las personas en su búsqueda de una vida de propósito, empoderamiento, bienestar emocional y relaciones satisfactorias. Ella tiene la creencia que esto es un proceso colectivo, lo  construimos juntos. A través de un trato cálido y sin juicios, trabaja de manera colaborativa con sus clientes para apoyarles en desencadenar su fortaleza y su sabiduría interior al enfrentar los desafíos de la vida. Algunas de sus áreas de pasión incluyen fortalecer la autoconfianza, cultivar relaciones plenas, transformar el trauma y la pérdida en fortaleza y propósito, y superar el síndrome del impostor y la ansiedad (avanzando del perfeccionismo y el miedo hacia un propósito más centrado y auténtico). Sandra apoya las prácticas de autocuidado y programas de recuperación de 12 pasos que enfatizan la autocompasión, tanto para el uso de alcohol como para los desafíos relacionados con la alimentación emocional. Como organizadora por la justicia social durante más de 25 años e hija de inmigrantes Colombianos, Sandra siente una profunda pasión por la justicia racial, pro-imigracion, liberación de género y de las comunidades 2SLGBTQIA+, Sandra también ofrece Supervisión Clínica para trabajadores sociales que desean apoyo en el desarrollo de un enfoque de Psicología de la Liberación y perspectivas Decoloniales en su práctica terapéutica. Con frecuencia se la puede encontrar bailando salsa o participando en causas sociales como parte de su autocuidado y del cuidado comunitario. Encuentra Sandra en nuestro Directorio:  https://latinxtherapy.com/therapists/barros-psychotherapy/  Recursos mencionados en el epísodio:  ·       Sé Dueño de Tu Grandeza: Supera el Síndrome del Impostor, Vence la Inseguridad y Alcanza el Éxito en la Vida por el Dr. Orbé-Austin y Lisa Orbé-Austin ·       Cuchillo Soft por Lenina Nadal ·       Suenas como una Chica Blanca por Julissa Arce ·       Brown Badass Bonita por Kim Guerra

    Decisiones de Crianza, Asimilación y Protección Frente a La Discriminación
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Join Trauma Therapist, Adriana Alejandre, on this mission to break the stigma, learn self-help techniques, and advocate for cultural attunement to help generations heal. Latinx Therapy is a bilingual podcast & national directory of Latine Therapists discussing mental health topics in efforts to demystify myths and diagnoses that prevent people in our community from seeking help. Find a Latine therapist at latinxtherapy.com

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    Adriana Alejandre, LMFT | Conversations about Mental Health Myths
  • Episodes
    75
  • Seasons
    6
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    Explicit
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