“Healing is not the absence of harm but the presence of connection.”
– Gabor Mate
Treatment Focus
- Children
- Teens
- Young Adults (including College Students)
- Couples
- Families
- Blended Families
- Military & Veteran Counseling
- Foster Care
- Immigrants
- Relationship and Interpersonal Issues
- Communication Issues
- Infidelity
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Family Conflict
- Attachment Issues
- Depression
- Anger Management
- Mood Disorders
- Traumas
- Childhood Trauma
- Sexual Assault
- Loss and Grief
- Self Esteem and Emotional Regulation
- Autism
- ADHD
- Learning Disabilities
- Physical Disability/ Impairment
- Developmental Disability
- Acquired Brain Injury
- Racial, Cultural, & Identity Issues
- Immigrants
- Life Transitions
- Wellness and Self Care
- Career Counseling
- Restorative Coaching
- Workplace Stress/ Burnout
- Chronic Illness/Health Related Concerns
- Caregiver Stress
- Spirituality/ Faith-Based Counseling
- Adoption/ Infertility/ Reproductive Issues
- Parenting Skills
- Bullying/ Peer Issues
- ODD/ Behavioral Issues in Children
About The Clinician
Biografía de Tayra en español
Tayra ofrece terapia informada en el trauma y culturalmente sensible a niños, adolescentes, adultos y familias. Tiene experiencia apoyando a clientes que atraviesan situaciones de trauma, duelo, dificultades emocionales y conductuales, conflictos familiares, transiciones de vida, trauma médico, enfermedades crónicas y violencia doméstica.
Su enfoque está basado en las fortalezas y es colaborativo, con énfasis en crear un ambiente seguro y respetuoso donde los clientes se sientan empoderados durante todo el proceso terapéutico. Está capacitada en terapia de juego y terapia con bandeja de arena, y utiliza intervenciones apropiadas para el desarrollo para ayudar a niños y adolescentes a expresar sus emociones, procesar experiencias difíciles y desarrollar habilidades saludables para afrontar los desafíos. También trabaja estrechamente con los cuidadores para fortalecer la comunicación y las relaciones familiares.
Tayra cree que “la autoconciencia sin autocompasión es un camino hacia la autodestrucción”. Existe una diferencia entre verse a uno mismo y aceptarse a uno mismo. La autoconciencia te muestra dónde estás. La autocompasión te da el valor para seguir avanzando hacia quien estás llegando a ser. Sin compasión, la conciencia se convierte en autocondena. Con compasión, la conciencia se convierte en el comienzo de la sanación. Gabor Maté dice: “La sanación no es la ausencia del daño, sino la presencia de conexión”, y Tayra cree que primero nos conectamos con nosotros mismos para poder conectarnos auténticamente con los demás.
Tayra ha trabajado en agencias de salud mental comunitaria, organizaciones sin fines de lucro y entornos militares, brindando terapia individual y familiar y colaborando con equipos multidisciplinarios y socios comunitarios.
Recibe a clientes que se encuentran en diferentes etapas de preparación para comenzar terapia y se esfuerza por encontrarse con cada persona donde se encuentra en su proceso. Su objetivo es ayudar a los clientes a desarrollar una mayor comprensión de sí mismos, resiliencia y cambios significativos y duraderos. Cuando es clínicamente apropiado y solicitado por el cliente, Tayra también puede adaptar el tratamiento a las necesidades únicas de cada persona, integrando diferentes enfoques, como principios basados en la fe o el yoga, dentro del tratamiento.
Tayra ofrece servicios en inglés y español.
Tayra provides trauma-informed, culturally responsive therapy to children, adolescents, adults, and families. She has experience supporting clients through trauma, grief, emotional and behavioral concerns, family conflict, life transitions, medical trauma, chronic illness, and domestic violence.
Her approach is strengths-based and collaborative, with an emphasis on creating a safe, respectful environment where clients feel empowered throughout the therapeutic process. Trained in play and sand tray therapy, Tayra uses developmentally appropriate interventions to help children and adolescents express emotions, process difficult experiences, and build healthy coping skills. She also works closely with caregivers to strengthen communication and family relationships.
Tayra believes “self awareness without self compassion is a road to self destruction.” There is a difference between seeing yourself and accepting yourself. Self-awareness tells you where you are. Self-compassion gives you the courage to keep walking toward who you’re becoming. Without compassion, awareness becomes self-condemnation. With compassion, awareness becomes the beginning of healing. Gabor Mate says “Healing is not the absence of harm but the presence of connection” and Tayra believes we connect to ourselves first so that we can authentically connect to others.
Tayra has worked in community mental health agencies, nonprofit organizations, and military settings, providing individual and family therapy and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and community partners.
She welcomes clients at different stages of readiness for therapy and strives to meet each person where they are. Her goal is to help clients build insight, resilience, and meaningful, lasting change. When clinically appropriate and requested by the client, Tayra may also tailor treatment to each client’s unique needs by integrate different aspects for example faith-based principles or yoga into treatment.
Tayra provides services in English and Spanish.
Credentials
- LMSW
- B.S. in Nursing, University of Puerto Rico
- M.S. in Social Work, Howard University
Approach
- CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
- DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
- ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
- Mindfulness / Mindfulness Based Techniques
- Holistic Approach
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Family Systems Therapy
- Attachment Theory
- Adlerian
- Culturally Responsive Counseling
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Trauma Focused Therapy
- Play Therapy
Ready to get Started?
Call us at 301-701-6965 for a short chat with our Client Care Coordinator, who is available weekdays during our normal office hours. You can also fill out the New Patient Registration Form to be on your way to schedule and complete an initial assessment.