Monique Valle, she/her, AMFT, QTAP

Searching for a therapist that sees you fully—honoring your cultural roots, neurodivergent experiences, and relationship needs without judgment? 

Do you feel misunderstood in relationships and therapy spaces? My practice is a sanctuary for those navigating complex intersectional identities.

I specialize in supporting neurodivergent individuals, LGBTQ+ couples, and BIPOC clients experiencing microaggressions. If you’re seeking care that honors your cultural background, neurotype, gender expression, and authentic relationship patterns rather than trying to ‘fix’ you, you’ve found a compassionate guide.

Education & Background:

• I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Women & Gender Studies and Master of Science in Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage & Family Therapy from California State University, Fullerton, completing my practicum at Orange Coast College Student Health Center.
• I provide trauma-informed therapy for neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ couples, and individuals healing from relational trauma using a decolonial lens. My approach integrates somatic practices, depth work, and nervous system regulation while challenging dominant narratives about ‘healthy’ relationships.
• I specialize in counseling LGBTQ+ individuals, HSPs, neurodivergent teens and young adults, and mixed-neurotype couples. My practice focuses on emotional understanding, identity exploration, and relational dynamics.
• I offer a space where your sensory needs are accommodated and relationship structures are respected. Healing happens when you’re truly seen in all your complexity.

Social Locations:

• I am a 39-year-old, biracial, fourth-generation Mexican American, white, cisgender, bisexual woman.
• I work deeply with intergenerational trauma and how that arises in our survival mechanisms, defenses, patterns, and cycles within ourselves and how we relate to our families, partners, and friends.
• I have felt so disconnected from my culture due to my parents and past generations needing to stay safe and protect our culture from the oppressive and violent actions taken by white supremacy and colonialism to erase and eradicate us. In order for my family to protect us from racism and discrimination, I was never taught to speak Spanish and I haven’t been able to learn. I hold privilege as a white presenting woman, while at the same time, I have experienced racism, prejudice, and discrimination.
• In the past, I have held onto and hid my own trauma and that of my ancestors as I felt like it wasn’t valid to speak truth to. I have felt so in between -not Mexican enough and not white enough. I am in the lifelong process of understanding that I am the result of the colonizer and being colonized which feels inconceivable to deconstruct, integrate, and heal. Yet, it is through life and holding space for others that I honor my ancestors.

Personal Beliefs:

• I believe that the personal is political and every lived experience encompasses multiple identities impacted by social and cultural contexts. In my practice, I integrate discussions of systemic oppression as these factors cannot be overlooked when understanding individual struggles.
• My decolonizing practice honors ancestral wisdom and intergenerational patterns while challenging dominant Western therapeutic models that often pathologize cultural differences and neurodivergence. I approach healing through a feminist, anti-oppressive lens.
• I recognize that individual change within therapy will be impeded if larger systems remain unchanged. My role extends into therapeutic advocacy through continuous learning, providing resources, and challenging -isms.
• I am a lifelong student: trauma-informed, actively anti-racist, culturally humble, LGBTQ+ affirming, and neurodivergent affirming. Healing happens when you’re no longer asked to fragment yourself.

I would love to help you navigate your inner world, teach you to heal, & allow yourself to grow. If you’re motivated & curious to delve into your healing, I invite you to contact me for a phone consultation.  

Sending your nervous system chamomile vibes,

Monique Valle, she/her, AMFT, QTAP

http://therapywithmoniquevalle.com