Meet the Corazón Team
Vision & Mission
Our offerings come from a place of love and liberation knowing that healing only takes place when we address the whole person and their environment. We understand how current social systems negatively impact the wellbeing of our communities, especially mothers. We are committed to offering our services not only from a culturally centered and trauma informed place but from a liberatory and decolonial framework that serve as the basis for all of our offerings at Corazon Counseling.
Our expertise and focus includes working with Pregnant and Postpartum Families, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Spanish speaking Immigrant Families, Birth Workers, and Mental Health Therapists and Clinicians.
EMILIA ORTEGA-JARA, LCSW, PMH-C
Founder & Clinical Director
My holistic approach to healing addresses the whole person mind, body, heart, and spirit. I offer a safe space to grieve, feel, and heal. My therapeutic approach incorporates various traditional Indigenous wisdom, and eastern wellness teachings along with evidence based psychotherapy techniques such as CBT and EMDR.
In addition, I bring a liberatory and decolonial framework into my healing practice. An understanding of oppressive systems and their contribution to the current and historical trauma many communities have endured due to the social, cultural, and political inequalities that to this day continue to negatively affect the mental and emotional wellness of our families.
I am a seasoned psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience in the mental health field.
I also provide 1:1 coaching services, online group coaching, and retreats for mental health practitioners through my Yollotl Coaching services.
Ticitl Yollotl Wellness Collective – Licensed Therapists
VERONICA SAN JUAN
LMFT
My name is Veronica San Juan and I believe that everyone we meet is unique and that each of us have a unique story. My approach to therapy is customized and individualized to your unique experiences and values. I strive to integrate the mind, body, and spirit to create a sense of wellbeing, harmony, and quality of life. It will be my honor to walk your journey of growth and healing with you.
My goal as a therapist is to provide the tools and strategies to help my clients heal and move forward in life independently, to assist in identifying what the heart of the issue is, to restore equilibrium and harmony within the family system. I am passionate about working with families and individuals in low socioeconomic and high risk environments. I particularly enjoy helping blended families and resolving relational conflicts.
Since graduating from Brandman University in 2010, I have gained extensive experience in mental health. I specialize in grief, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, addiction, and anxiety. I am proud to offer my services in Spanish as well.
Contact Veronica directly at veronicasanjuanlmft@gmail.com and/or (951) 289-0092.
CARLOS LAMADRID
LCSW, Director 4 Winds Cultural Counseling
Carlos Lamadrid (Yaqui, Chiricahua Apache, Mexica) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 16 years of clinical experience. Carlos is most proud of being able to reconnect to his Native American and Indigenous ancestry. Today he follows a cultural way of life and the traditional teachings of the medicine wheel under the guidance of his elders.
Carlos is a White Bison facilitator of the Medicine Wheel & 12 Steps and the Mending Broken Hearts: Native American Grief Recovery Workshop.
4 Winds Cultural Counseling & Wellness Center offers healing centered therapeutic services encompassing the whole person. Emotional, Mental, Physical, and Spiritual symptoms are all part of our human experience. We walk with you on your healing journey. We envision the opportunity to share cultural and spiritual practices with our community members by offering a sacred therapeutic space to go beyond sobriety and recovery and into culturally based healing and wellness.
We currently offer Individual, Couples, and Family Counseling Services in person and with the availability of Telehealth via a secure and confidential online portal.
Sliding Fee Scale is available upon request. Servicios disponibles en Español.
Contact Carlos at (951) 458-6932 and 4windscounseling@gmail.com
Visit his website by clicking here
MARIBEL ROBLES
LMFT
Maribel Robles, LMFT is a psychotherapist specializing in working with adolescents/youth and families through her private practice Hermanas Adolescent and Family Wholistic Counseling Inc.
Her specializations include adolescent mental health, mother/daughter relationships, Latinx/Chicanx familias, and sensorimotor psychotherapy.
You may reach Maribel Robles, LMFT directly at (951) 261-8217 or maribel@hermanaswholisticcounseling.com.
Holistic Wellness Practitioners
MELISSA CABALLERO
Melissa Caballero is a holistic practitioner and herbal medicine crafter. She is dedicated to guiding people on their healing journeys and providing a safe space for them to reconnect with the earth. She works with simple herbal medicines, movement, and energy healing.
Learn more about her work and book a session via her website.
EMMA PARADA
WOMENS CIRCLE FACILITATOR & REIKI PRACTITIONER
Emma is a Xicana dedicated to women's healing and empowerment. She creates a safe space for women to reclaim their own self love and guerrera spirit for self care.
She is familiar with intergenerational trauma and in healing her own childhood wounds she felt personal liberation. She understands the mother and daughter wound and through healing from it she was able to find compassion for herself and others. Emma recognizes how emotions are stored in our bodies, and understands the body, mind, spirit connection. She is very passionate about creating community for women and knows that when women are seen and heard they heal.
Emma holds women circles and workshops through ceremony and ritual. She is a 200 hr- yoga teacher, meditation guide, and reiki practitioner. As a wife and devoted mama of two she believes in the power of healing 7 generations before us and 7 generations after. Follow her @emma_parada