Articles & Essays

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Articles & Essays ❀⋆࿔

Hip Latina - Digame: Chicana Therapist Cynthia Magana is Helping Us Heal Through Ancestral Practices

Hip Latina - Digame: Chicana Therapist Cynthia Magana is Helping Us Heal Through Ancestral Practices

Hip Latina: Honoring Dia De Muertos Traditions

Hip Latina: Honoring Dia De Muertos Traditions

Hip Latina: Post Election Care

Hip Latina: Post Election Care

Voyage LA - Hidden Gems: Meet Cynthia Magana

Voyage LA - Hidden Gems: Meet Cynthia Magana

Kintsugi Therapist Collective: Diary of a Second-Gen Queer Xicana Therapist

Kintsugi Therapist Collective: Diary of a Second-Gen Queer Xicana Therapist

Peloton: Does Exercise Really Improve Your Mental Health?

Peloton: Does Exercise Really Improve Your Mental Health?

Podcasts & Interviews

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Podcasts & Interviews ⋆˙⟡

On Dia De Muertos and Rituals of Remembrance

The Slow Down Podcast

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GROWING WITH SOL

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hip latina

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EnTRE TIAS Y AMIGUIS

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confetti all around

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heal + manifest with cynthia flores

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therapy is gay podcast

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Therapy & Mental Health Resources

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Therapy & Mental Health Resources ~˚♡˚~

From time to time, prospective clients ask for additional options beyond my current availability or scope. The following directories center culturally affirming care and may be helpful if you are seeking alternatives, group support, or providers in different regions.

Please visit your nearest emergency room or call 911 if you are experiencing an immediate emergency.

  • Inclusive Therapists is a social justice and liberation-oriented mental health directory, community, and resource hub (established in 2018).

    We offer a safer, simpler way to find a therapist, counselor, coach, or mental health provider committed to collective liberation and healing. 

    They center on the intersections of Racial, 2SLGBTQIA+, Neurodivergence, and Disability Justice.

  • Latinx Therapy connects you with trusted Latinx mental health professionals across the U.S. featuring mental health professionals in the Latinx community.

  • KTC is a community for therapists and aligned care workers dedicated to building embodied and liberatory practices of care.

  • NQTTCN is a healing justice organization that works to transform mental health for queer and trans people of color (QTPoC).

  • Low-cost therapy in New York City

  • Access sliding scale online or in-person therapy $30-$70 per session, plus a one-time membership fee.

    Learn More

  • Sad Girls Club is a non-profit that supports young women, girls, and femmes of color in their mental wellness journey. It offers safe spaces, resources, and personalized therapy scholarships.

  • Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. Call us if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in a crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans.

    https://translifeline.org/

    US (877) 565-8860


    The Trevor Project

    If you are an LGBTQ+ young person in need of support, use the Reach a Counselor button below to talk to a trained crisis counselor 24/7. For all administrative questions, feedback, and non-crisis requests, please use our General Inquiry Form below.


    https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

  • California Peer Run Warm Line (English, español)

    Call or Text 855-600-WARM(9276)

    New York 988 Crisis & Suicide Hotline

    Trans Lifeline (English, español)

    Call in US: 1-877-565-8860 

    Peer lines are peer-run support services where people with lived experience offer listening, resources, and support—not therapy. While they describe their service as confidential, privacy cannot be guaranteed, so it’s important to review their website and policies directly.

  • Call BlackLine provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.

  • Legal Safety Planning: Essential Forms for Undocumented Families with Attorney Pedro Chavez

    The California Immigrant Justice Infrastructure Fund

    Legal Resources for Immigration Lawyers - Abogados de Inmigración

    List of Pro Bono Legal Service Providers

    General legal safety-planning information for undocumented and mixed-status families. Shared for educational purposes; not legal advice or a substitute for individualized counsel.

Tools for Everyday Care

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Tools for Everyday Care ˚ ☾⭒.˚ ☁︎

ᨒ (1hr) - Healing Guitar Frequencies - Heart Opening and Connecting to the Trees

A reflective practice guided by Prentis Hemphill that invites gratitude as a grounded, embodied experience—not a bypass. This offering centers presence, relational care, and gentle awareness, making space to notice what is sustaining you without minimizing what is hard.

A unique group regulation activity called 'the rain, the rainbow, and the butterfly.' This exercise is designed to help participants ground themselves and engage their sensory systems, particularly in therapeutic settings.

20 minute somatic yin yoga helps to calm anxiety and reset the nervous system. If you've been feeling overwhelmed, anxious, stressed out or in complete burn out

If you’re on your own family-planning journey and looking for hope or simply the comfort of not feeling alone, Mariposa follows Candy & Castro through love, loss, and the resilience it takes to keep imagining a future. This documentary offers companionship more than answers, and reminds viewers that their questions and grief are shared.

Grief is a reflection of love, it exists because something meaningful has been lost. Whether you are grieving a loved one, a past version of yourself, or a dream that has changed, this meditation offers space to honor your emotions with care and compassion.

These videos are offered as supportive tools for everyday care, nervous system regulation and/or psychoeducation. They are not a replacement for psychotherapy, crisis support, or medical care. If distress feels overwhelming or persistent, working with a licensed mental health professional is recommended.