LMFT in CA 99813, OR T2709, UR 14116456-3902, ID 5171154, TX 205682, & FL TTLHT LMFT TPMF1645

Maira (ella/she/her) has history of treating and supervising cases providing individual, children, couple, and family counseling services in nonprofit and private practice settings. She has over a decade of experience providing bilingual services to families in rural communities, partnering with school districts, social service and government agencies addressing various mental health concerns and needs. She has also provided psycho-educational workshops to teens in schools about various mental health topics, including suicide and self-harming behaviors.

 Maira has also provided educational information about mental health topics and services to the community through conferences, television appearances, and radio.

Maira has also been a Part-time Faculty in the Counselor Education Department at Fresno State since 2014 teaching, mentoring, and supervising Marriage, Family, Child, and Counselor trainees and has taught in the Counseling Department at Fresno City College.

Maira (ella/she/her) tiene un historial de tratamiento y supervisión de casos brindando servicios de terapia/asesoramiento individual, infantil, de pareja y familiar en agencias de práctica privada y sin fines de lucro. Tiene más de una decada de experiencia brindando servicios bilingües a familias en comunidades rurales, asociándose con distritos escolares y servicios sociales y agencias gubernamentales que abordan diversas preocupaciones y necesidades de salud mental.  También ha brindado talleres psicoeducativos a adolescentes en las escuelas sobre varios temas de salud mental, incluido el suicidio y las conductas autolesivas.

Maira también ha brindado información educativa sobre los servicios y temas de salud mental a la comunidad a través de conferencias, apariciones en televisión y radio.

 Maira también ha sido parte de la Facultad en el Departamento de Educación de Consejeros en Fresno State desde 2014 enseñando, asesorando y supervisando aprendices del programa de la maestría de Consejería Matrimonial, Familiar e Infantil y ha enseñado en el Departamento de Consejería en el Fresno City College.

2023

Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

[pictured CCHCC President Sonia Arreguin]

2020

Kremen School of Education and Human Development

2020

The County of Fresno Department of Behavioral Health 

2018

Teachers and Friends Honor Wall

Maira has advanced and specialized training in mental health evaluations for immigration cases from (Cuenta con capacitación avanzada y especializada en evaluaciones de salud mental para casos de inmigración de): 

• Forensic Mental Health Evaluation Workshop (HI24) National Board of Forensic Evaluators
• The Immigration Evaluation Training Center with Georgia King, LCSW. 
• Asylum Medicine Training Initiative's Introductory Curriculum + Modules 6-11. 

Chicago People’s Rights Collaborative (CPRC)

• Sexual and Gender Based Violence Lecture Series by Physicians for Human Rights student advisory board
• Columbia University Asylum Clinic/Human Right Initiative Training by Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
• Conducting Immigration Evaluations by SimplePractice Learning

Attended:

• T-Visas and The FBI & Human Trafficking with Emma Buckthal and Helen Tarokic 

She also has specialized training in the Nurturing Parenting Program®  having been a trained facilitator and  CPS and court certified through the Fresno County Department of Social Services. She has used the latter to educate parents and caregivers throughout the Central Valley about creating a nurturing, empathic, and secure attachment with their children. 

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Ella también tiene capacitación especializada en el programa de crianza de los hijos (Nurturing Parenting Program®) después de haber sido facilitadora capacitada y certificada para casos judiciales a través del Departamento de Servicios Sociales del Condado de Fresno. Ella ha utilizado este último para educar a los padres y cuidadores en todo el Valle Central sobre cómo crear un vínculo cariñoso, empático y seguro con sus hijos.

 Maira is a Chicana/o/x Affirmative Trained Clinician from the Institute of Chicana/o/x Psychology and Community Wellness.

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Maira es una terapeuta chicana/o/x con capacitación afirmativa del Instituto de Psicología y Bienestar Comunitario Chicana/o/x.

• Foundations of Chicana/o/x Psychology
• Chicanx Affirmative Therapy Training Series
• Explorations of Chicana/o/x Identity
• Contemporary Chicana/o/x Families
• Creating a Wellness Altar: Re-storying, Wellbeing, and Healing
• Individualism vs. Collectivism Continuum Profile: Bridging Worldviews
• Healing Genogram Workshop: Cultural, Familial, and Ancestral Resources

Maira has completed Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Basic Training. 

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Maira ha completado la capacitación de desensibilización y reprocesamiento del movimiento ocular (EMDR) básica en terapia EMDR.

She has completed the Certified Trauma Specialist-Individual training through Arizona Trauma Institute.

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Completó la capacitación de Especialista certificada en traumatología clínica- individual a través del Arizona Trauma Institute.

She has completed training through Postpartum Support International on working with mothers and fathers struggling with perinatal and/or postpartum symptoms. 

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Completó la capacitación a través de Postpartum Support International sobre el trabajo con madres y padres que luchan con los síntomas perinatales y/o posparto.