Deniss Pleiner is a Mexican-American immigrant, licensed therapist, and BIPOC mental health advocate specializing in culturally responsive therapy for BIPOC adults. She focuses on empowering first- and second-generation professionals to navigate bicultural identity, break generational trauma patterns, and overcome impostor syndrome.
As a Latina therapist, Deniss brings a culturally informed lens to the issues that matter most to her clients — from family dynamics and generational trauma to boundary setting and work-life balance. Her approach acknowledges the unique intersection of cultural identity and mental health that many BIPOC professionals face.
Deniss’ expertise in BIPOC mental health has made her a sought-after speaker and workshop facilitator for leading institutions and organizations, including Pepperdine, UCLA, CalTech, Act Blue, Prospanica, and NSPA. She has been featured on prominent podcasts including CNN Radio’s Diversifying and Werk Stories.
A passionate advocate for mental health equity, Deniss believes that free mental health education should be accessible to everyone. She creates culturally relevant content for her growing audiences on TikTok (@denisspleiner) and YouTube (Therapy, Explained).
1) Managing and Preventing Burnout Impostor Syndrome as a BIPOC Professional Deconstructing and Managing Impostor Syndrome: A workshop for BIPOC Professionals
2) Cultivating Workplace Harmony: A Trauma Informed Communication Workshop
Managing and Preventing Burnout: Gain a better understanding of burnout through a lens of self-compassion and accountability. This session will help you identify red flags of burnout and provide you with coping tools and resources to take care of yourself and others. Learn how to set boundaries and reclaim your work-life balance. This interactive workshop also includes a grounding activity. At the end of this presentation attendees will:
Stepping into Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
In this workshop, attendees will learn how to use their leadership skills to grow into an emotionally intelligent leader. By tapping into their already established skills, attendees will learn communication and coping tools to not just manage their team but to foster a culture of innovation and self-motivation. By the end of this workshop, attendees will:
Deconstructing and Managing Impostor Syndrome:
A workshop for BIPOC Professionals We don’t leave our racial, gender, or other identities at the door when we head to work/school. This workshop covers, explains, and explores how our various identities contribute to our sense of belonging at work/school. How do microaggressions affect the way we see ourselves? How does our parents or grandparents immigration history affect our motivation or self-evaluation? And what do we do about it? This interactive workshop also grounding activities to kickstart your own self-healing. At the end of this presentation attendees will:
WORKSHOPS:
10/2024 Cultivating Self Esteem and Nurturing Your Mental Health; for LEAF
06/2024 Summer Mental Health Reset; for LEAF
05/2024 Deconstructing Impostor Syndrome; for Heart of Los Angeles
06/2023 Preventing and Managing Burnout: One Hour Workshop for Young Survival Coalition
05/2023 Preventing and Managing Burnout: One Hour Workshop for NSPA
04/2023 Preventing and Managing Burnout: One Hour Workshop for The Foundation for Living Beauty
09/2022 Workplace Mental Health: A Workshop for Helpers a one-hour workshop for Prospanica-Milwaukee
08/2022 Managing and Preventing Burnout one hour workshop for the Vorhees Lab at Caltech 05/22 “Managing and Preventing Impostor Syndrome as Latinx Professional” a 1 hour Workshop for Pepperdine’s Latinx MBA Conexion 04/22 “Managing and Preventing Burnout a a Womxn Leader” a 1-hour workshop for National Provider’s Association. 03/22 “Managing and Preventing Impostor Syndrome as Latinx Professional” a 1 hour Workshop for Prospanica National 03/2022 ” Managing and Preventing Impostor Syndrome as Latine Professional” a 1hour workshop for Prospanica 02/2022 “Managing Burnout as a Student” a 1 hour Workshop for UCLA AAC 10/2021 “Managing Burnout & Impostor Syndrome as a BIPOC” a 1hr workshop Presented for PrayTell 10/2021 “Managing & Preventing Burnout” a 30 min workshop Presented for PrayTell 06/2021 “Manejo de Agotamiento” a 1hr Spanish workshop Presented for ELLA
PANELS: 08/2022 “Mind, Body, & Soul” a mental health panel for Act Blue’s ERGs 07/2021 ” Mental Health Laws, News, & Need-to-Knows” Melinin Minds Conference Panel 05/2021 “Financial Trauma” a 1hr Panel and Talk for Snow Ball Wealth
PODCASTS: 06/2022 “BIPOC Mental Health” 30 minute Podcast Interview for Elevated Voices Podcast 05/22 “The Cost of Money Trauma” a 30 minute interview with CNN Radio’s Diversifying Podcast with Delyanne Rios 02/22 “Mental Health in your Twenties” a 1 hour interview for Tired in my twenties Podcast 12/2021 “Holiday Mental Health” Short Tips with Werkstories Podcast 11/2021 “Loosing Sleep: Managing Work Stress” 30 minute Podcast Interview for WerkStories
Inclusion of individual and group practices on our website does not mean we directly endorse or recommend their services. All of our members offer a free consultation and we recommend screening any and all potential therapists before beginning your therapy services. For any issues, please contact us via email. Therapists listed practice independently.
