Lupita Martínez is a bilingual and Chicana Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist raised in South Bay LA. Growing up, she moved around a lot so she grew up in the cities of Lennox, Inglewood, and Hawthorne.   She took a short break from the South Bay to get her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at University of California, Berkeley and returned home for her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from CSU Dominguez Hills in Carson, CA. Born and raised in a Mexican family, she absorbed her family’s examples and spirit of humility, hard work, and dedication to helping one another.   She has always held a genuine interest in Latinx mental health and her thesis and research aligns with this. Her master’s program thesis focused on Latinas experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression due to their internal struggles related to the many roles they adhere to. A lifelong student herself, she has received training in various evidenced based therapy models such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Problem Solving Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Lupita recently became Certified EMDR Therapist in 2024 and is currently an EMDR Consultant in Training. https://www.therapyofthesun.com/welcome   Evelyn Farias is an associate of Lupita Martinez: https://latinxtherapy.com/therapists/evelyn-farias-apcc/