Katherine Quintero

Katherine is an exceptionally skilled therapist who offers a distinct viewpoint as a first-generation bilingual Latinx professional. Her fluency in Spanish and English allows her to connect meaningfully with clients from various backgrounds. This linguistic skill helps overcome language barriers, fostering trust and understanding in her therapeutic relationships.

Her preferred age group is adults aged 18 and older. She specializes in working with individuals, couples, families, and has expertise in trauma, abuse, immigration, cultural exploration, race and ethnicity, communication, systemic therapy, and relational therapy. She is bilingual and provides supervision for interns and post-graduate students. Her areas of focus include immigrant rights and immigration justice, gender affirmation, racial trauma, systemic oppression and its impacts, trauma, and abuse. Bringing her own identity and lived experiences into her practice, she identifies as Latinx/First Gen and a child of immigrants, and she is Spanish-speaking. Her cultural knowledge encompasses Latinx/Latino/a heritage, South American culture, bicultural settings, and immigration matters. The therapeutic modalities she employs include attachment theory, motivational interviewing, family systems, family therapy, and relational work.

Katherine focuses on exploring attachment, race, ethnicity, and culture, examining how these elements contribute to anxiety and depression. She acknowledges that these facets of identity significantly influence mental health and overall well-being. By addressing these topics, Katherine seeks to help her clients understand how their cultural experiences shape their emotional challenges.

She recognizes that individuals are not isolated; they exist within multiple interconnected systems, including family, relationships, and communities, all of which deeply affect well-being. To address this complexity, she integrates various family therapy frameworks into her practice. This approach allows her to comprehend the challenges her clients face more fully and offer the appropriate support they need.