Trauma & Somatic Therapist
in La Habra, CA
Maybe you are here because you are exhausted of being everyone's anchor and need support, but you are worried, “Will she judge me, my parents, or my culture?”
Perhaps you’ve experienced therapy that has turned you off, you might be wondering if this will feel like a cult, maybe you are worried about your therapist showing up late, not seeing you regularly, or showing you videos during session instead of exploring what’s underneath your current inability to sleep, your constant dread or guilt.
I believe therapy works when you feel safe. When you feel that you can connect with your therapist. In our first two to four sessions, I spend time getting to know you, learning about your role in your family, expectations, your values and your desires.
I’m Kenia, a trauma and somatic therapist in La Habra, Ca who works with women who are done self-abandoning and ready to feel safe in their own body.
As a first-generation only daughter, I know first hand the quiet, complex weight of carrying big dreams while managing the unspoken pain of family expectations. Growing up I witnessed the fierce love of a single mother who poured everything into her children. Over time, I came to recognize her incredible stength, alongside the unspoken pain she carried. The weight of cultural acceptance, the anxiety over my mother’s physical health resulting from persistent burnout providing for her siblings and her own children.
For many cycle breakers, this legacy shows up today as chronic overworking, high anxiety, people pleasing, or a deep sense of guilt whenever you try to set a boundary. You find yourself navigating career milestones, money mindsets, and relationships without a clear blueprint, constantly feeling like you have to push through hardship alone.
Holding space for both this unspoken pain, which can manifest as fear of vulnerability, health scares, anxiety, self-neglect, or depression, and the big dreams I was encouraged to pursue felt overwhelming until I shifted my perspective.
My own turning point came when I chose to stop neglecting myself and rejected the belief that my well-being had to be sacrificed for family, work, or relationships. I embraced my right to experience joy, adventure, and pleasure, realizing that my pain was merely a chapter of my story rather than my entire identity. As cycle breakers, we recognize that while everyone has their own journey, we have the power to decide what healing work we step into and what legacy we choose to leave for our lineage.
Ready to create a new legacy? Connect with Kenia your trauma and somatic therapist in La Habra, CA.
Attunement
Learning to observe and listen to your body's message allowing you to understand without judgment.
Empowerment
Helping you explore safety and confidence in your decision making.
Embodied Safety
In this space, you don't have to retell memories without building emotional capacity or having resources.
Whole Body Harmony
With my tools we aim to help your emotional, physical, spiritual and mental bodies to restore your inner harmony.
Agency
Every step of the way you are encouraged to make choices about your care honoring your boundaries.
My Values as Trauma &
Somatic Therapist in La Habra, CA
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A space where you are reduced to a diagnosis. You are more than that.
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A space where I will tell you what to do. I am here to help you connect with your inner authority.
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A space where you will be forced: You will never be pushed to process painful memories without your body feeling safe enough to hold those sensations.
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A space where you are pressured to perform. You don't need to earn compassion, care or rest here.
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A space of dependency: our ultimate goal is your empowerment to help you feel confident in your ability to make decisions while in treatment and after graduating therapy.
What therapy with me is not:
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Shame free and nonjudgmental space: welcoming environment where we view your body's responses as strategies to protect you.
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Explorative Approach: Together we explore patterns in your life to help you understand what you need to feel more like yourself.
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Following your pace: Honoring your pace to bring awareness to tension your body is holding, helping you release the unspoken that's keeping you trapped.
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Collaboratively we work on understanding the experiences that have created discomfort in your life empowering you to move forward.
What therapy with me is:
How we get you to your goals with trauma and somatic therapy in La Habra, CA
Because I can imagine how heavy your journey has been, I guide my clients using the framework I have learned and applied in my healing journey, using holistic tools.
Together, we won't just talk we will listen to the messages your nervous system has been holding. My practice blends licensed clinical psychotherapy work with holistic tools, and somatic exploration, offering two distinct paths to help you move from surviving to feeling whole again.
Build Therapeutic Relationship
We will spend time getting to know you to help you feel safe, build trust, and reflecting on emotional wounds.
Self-Awareness
We bring gentle awareness to the tension your body is holding and the survival patterns you developed or inherited.
Reclaim Your Values
Together, we identify new beliefs, honor how your body adapted and integrate your unmet needs, so they no longer control you.
Integration
In separate sessions, we return using energy work like Reiki and sound healing, we soothe your nervous system so you can gently return to your true self.
Ready to explore your inner wisdom?
Get started with trauma and somatic therapy in La Habra, CA.
If you've been looking for this type of support, you are in the right place. You do not need to have it all figured out or do it alone. If you would like to feel like yourself again. I would like to connect.
Choosing a therapist is an investment in your long term ease.
Learn About My Educational Trainings Here
M.S. Counseling Psychology, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, 2018
California: Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #127755
Biodecoding Level 1
The Coherence Methods: Polyvagal Breathwork
Sound Healing
Reiki Levels 1 and 2
Neurofeedback
Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator
Play Therapy
A little about me outside of therapy
I enjoy music festivals.
Music
I love spending time in nature
reconnecting with myself.
Traveling
My favorite way to remember my strengths is seeing what I can lift.
Lifting Weights
Ready to stop ignoring your inner warning signals?
Get started with Trauma & Somatic Therapy in La Habra, CA
Pick your time. It takes less than 2 minutes.
Select "New Client Consult" to book a complimentary private 15 minute call.
If a time is not available, send me a message.
We'll hop on the phone to discuss what you're experiencing. Whether you are looking for support, a rebalancing session sound bath or Reiki.
It's simply a chance to ensure we're a good fit.
If it feels right, we will schedule your first session, and design a plan that respects your healing goals.
There is never an obligation to commit.
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