Cristina Benitez Allen LMFT | Imaginal Therapy + Artes Sagradas

Hola, Piyalli! Cristy here. I am the creator and steward of Imaginal Therapy + Sacred Arts.  I offer psychotherapy to folks in California where I am licensed and sacred arts coaching globally both virtually and in-person on the lands of the Nisenan, Sacramento, CA.

I am a queer Latina/Chicana mother, writer, and somatic psychotherapist with over thirteen years of clinical experience in the field of Depth Psychology, centering soul care. I am a ritualist, trained as a priestess for over 8 years. I am rooted in animist cosmology and earth-honoring values, as I actively participate in the decolonizing movement, reclaiming my ancestral healing traditions.

I support folks in deepening their connection to the body, soul, and greater powers through imagination, intuition, mindful awareness, non-dogmatic prayer, and dreamwork.

I value kindness, warmth, truth, beauty, humor, play, and curiosity in the healing journey. 

In session, I create a sacred circle, assuring ritual safety, where we bridge to the sacred with guides and guardians to bring the healing needed. Here we gain clarity, focus intentions, take equitable actions, and rest in the unfolding goodness. 

I pull focus on restoring recioprical relationship, navigating systemic cultural wounds, trauma resolution, ancestral lineage repair, animist parenting and remembering our collective wisdom. 

I am a medicine keeper. I am walking a path of initiation with Snake Medicine. I offer Ketamine Journeys within this potent guardianship. 

I am honored to be trusted in leading hearts to their liberation, sacred purpose, and receive their inherited blessings and gifts to move through this life on a mythic level.

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Header Image: My mother mountain, the sacred mountain of Tlachialoyantepec. I am mestiza with detribalized Caxcan and Iberian roots, hailing from the villages of Juchipila, Zacatecas, Mexico. I have a deep love for land and nature spirits, mythology, mysticism, tradiciones y cultura.