I’m Yesenia Delgado, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Supervisor, and Owner of Authentic Growth Counseling LLC. I’m a first-generation Cuban-American woman who deeply understands the complexity of holding multiple worlds at once. I was raised in a Latinx household where family, loyalty, sacrifice, and resilience were core values — but where conversations about mental health were often quiet, misunderstood, or minimized. That lived experience is not separate from my clinical work. It is foundational to it.
My practice was created with Latinx individuals, couples, and families in mind — particularly those navigating identity, intergenerational expectations, cultural pressures, and the invisible weight of being “the strong one.” Many of my clients are first-generation professionals, adult children of immigrants, or individuals balancing collectivist values with more individualistic environments. They often carry guilt for setting boundaries, fear disappointing family, or feel caught between who they are and who they were expected to be.
I specialize in helping clients untangle these internal conflicts with compassion and clarity.
My therapeutic approach is systemic, trauma-informed, and culturally grounded. As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I don’t see you as the problem — I look at the patterns, roles, and generational narratives that shaped you. I understand how machismo, marianismo, religious values, colorism, immigration stress, and financial survival pressures can shape family dynamics in ways that are rarely talked about openly. These forces don’t just exist in theory; they show up in our bodies, relationships, and self-concept.
In our work together, we gently explore those patterns without blaming your family or dismissing cultural values. We create space for both honoring your roots and redefining your voice.
I work from a trauma-focused and attachment-based lens, integrating narrative therapy and parts work to help clients build insight and emotional regulation. Many of the people I work with struggle with anxiety, perfectionism, relationship conflict, identity confusion, and difficulty trusting themselves. Some are navigating breakup grief, family estrangement, or the emotional toll of being the “cycle breaker.” Others are high-achieving professionals who appear successful externally but feel internally exhausted.
Therapy with me is both reflective and active. We explore the “why,” but we also build practical tools for boundaries, communication, and nervous system regulation. I believe healing happens when insight meets embodiment.
Beyond my clinical work, I am deeply committed to cultural inclusivity and training other therapists in working effectively with Latinx communities. As a doctoral candidate, my scholarship focuses on culturally responsive mental health training and the structural barriers that impact access to care for marginalized populations. I believe therapy must evolve beyond generic cultural competency checklists and move toward genuine cultural humility and systemic awareness.
My practice, Authentic Growth Counseling, was built on the belief that healing is not about becoming someone new — it’s about returning to who you were before survival became your identity.
In this space, you do not have to translate yourself.
You do not have to shrink your emotions.
You do not have to prove your pain.
Whether you are navigating family expectations, relationship patterns, generational trauma, or simply feeling disconnected from yourself, therapy can be a place where you learn to trust your own voice again.
As a Latina therapist, I hold deep respect for our community’s resilience — but I also believe resilience should not mean silent suffering. Seeking support does not make you weak, dramatic, or ungrateful. It means you are ready to heal in a way your ancestors may not have had access to.
My role is not to tell you who to be.
It is to help you uncover who you already are — underneath the pressure, fear, and inherited narratives.
If you are ready to do that work, I would be honored to walk alongside you.
Yesenia Delgado
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