“I’ve worked with Agua Dulce for over four years, and I deeply appreciate the patience and care they bring to our sessions. They have helped me to feel safer with my emotions and supported my work with boundaries. It’s validating when they are able to see and name systems of heteropatriarchy and white supremacy that shape my experience. I love the way Agua Dulce weaves art, plant medicine and somatics into our work.”
—Sofia Chang, participant
Agua Dulce’s passion is guiding and supporting people to connect with their intuition, higher purpose, and the earth. Sessions consist of a mix of talk therapy and other modalities, such as flower card readings, embodiment practices, and medicine making, based on the interests and needs of each person.
In 2009 Agua Dulce completed a degree in Clinical Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy through Antioch University, Culver City. During her studies and clinical hours, Narrative Therapy and Social Liberation Psychology became the two main influences that they worked with the participants of her practice.
In 2011- 2013 Agua Dulce was invited by Brent Blair at the University of Southern California to teach in the Masters in Applied Theater program. Through this program they were introduced to Theater of the Oppressed. For two summers they traveled with students to the Center of Theater of the Oppressed in Rio, Brasil to study Augusto Boal’s theory and praxis- Rainbow of Desire (Boal’s method of theater and therapy), Forum Theater, and Legislative Theater.
Agua Dulce understands the need to bring their cultural, healing and therapeutic practices to folks at the intersections of oppressions. They specialize in working with people experiencing the impacts of state violence, people experiencing the effects of complex trauma and grief, and the LGBTQ/non binary community.
People in need of support through transitions such as becoming new parents, gender affirming surgeries, relationship (partnerships, family) shifts/growth, work shifts/growth, and grieving are encouraged to contact Agua Dulce for a free 20-minute consultation to explore the possibility of working together.
Testimonial
“As a medicine womxn and healer in my own right I wanted a therapist that understood healing as a multidimensional process. Agua Dulce has the capacity to hold the multidimensional layers of my healing journey with compassion. They help me sort through what's relevant for my here and now and guide me to ground into what I need for my healing with so much joy! One of the qualities I appreciate most about Agua Dulce is their capacity to attune to me and their guides/ancestors to provide the type of support that provides me with the tools/guidance/perspective to come back to myself and align myself with what I'm wanting to cultivate in my life. It's been really transformational for my healing path to build a relationship with a therapist. This is the 1st time in my life that I'm actively working with a therapist and as someone that does a lot of spiritual, emotional work on my own, it's been super healing to let Agua Dulce in as my therapist and get vulnerable and really receive. Grateful that Agua Dulce exist as they do!”
—Raquel Lemus, participant