Therapy for Indigenous Adults Navigating Trauma, Grief, and Identity

Hi, I’m Florina (she/her). I’m a Diné therapist, a first-generation professional, and someone who’s lived the tension of holding everything together while feeling like I was quietly unraveling inside.

I know what it’s like to feel responsible for everyone, your family, your community, your work but not fully connected to yourself.
To smile on the outside but feel like something sacred inside you is breaking.
To wonder if it’s too late to feel whole again..

Before I Became a Therapist, I Was Just Trying to Survive

I used to live in that quiet ache of disconnection.
I was the strong one. The responsible one. The helper.
But I was also carrying ancestral grief, cultural disconnection, and stories that weren’t just mine.

Therapy didn’t always feel like it fit.
It felt too clinical. Too distant. Like it couldn’t hold the spiritual and cultural layers of what I was navigating.

That began to change when I discovered Internal Family Systems (IFS) and with it, a new way of relating to myself.

Healing Started With Remembering

IFS helped me meet the parts of me I’d been avoiding or hiding.
It offered compassion instead of diagnosis.
And it helped me see that the ways I coped were intelligent, born from love and protection.

At the same time, I began reconnecting with the land. With ceremony. With ancestral ways of knowing.

That’s where I found my grounding. My clarity. My breath..

Now I Help Others Do the Same

I work with Indigenous adults and first-gen professionals who are tired of surviving.

My clients are often:

• Burned out from being everything to everyone

• Carrying grief that has no timeline

• Haunted by trauma that hasn’t fully been named

• Struggling with boundaries, guilt, or shame

• Feeling unrooted in their identity, body, or path

They want real healing not surface-level talk therapy, not another coping skill worksheet.

What Makes My Work Different

I offer relational, culturally grounded therapy rooted in:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS)

• Somatic IFS & EMDR

• Sandtray & creative expression

• Ecotherapy & land-based metaphors

This is a space where your parts are welcome.
Where your nervous system can soften.
Where your truth is honored—not pathologized.

Together, we create a space that’s not just safe, but sacred.

Who I Am

I am of the Deerspring Clan, born for the Bitterwater people. My maternal grandfathers are of the Salt People, and my paternal grandfathers are of the Mexican People Clan.

I was raised on Diné homelands by a mother who tried to break cycles even as she carried so much.
I’ve spent 10+ years walking with Native children, youth, and families through trauma.
And I bring that same grounded, humble care to every client I serve.