Resources and referrals
I've gathered some of the therapists, organizations, programs, books, and podcasts I often recommend to clients and families.
Find a therapist or specialized service
Some of my favorite places to search for a therapist.
Association for Play Therapy (APT)
Play therapy
Find a Registered Play Therapist or play therapy provider in your area.
Inclusive Therapists
Culturally responsive care
Find culturally responsive therapists who center social justice and affirm diverse identities and relationships.
Latinx Therapy
Latinx and bilingual care
Find Latinx therapists and culturally responsive mental health providers, including bilingual options.
International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)
OCD services
Find therapists, treatment programs, and other professionals who specialize in OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and related conditions.
Colleagues I often recommend
These are Miami therapists and practices I trust and refer to often. The topics below can help you find a starting point. Some colleagues appear under more than one.
Browse by topic:
Neurodivergence, identity & affirming care
Brenna Doering · Charleen Gonzalez · Kasie Holmes · Pilar Siman · Thaimi Fina
Relationships, couples & family
Dr. Nathasha Cole Hahn · Mariana Fernandez-Soto · The Mindful Heart Counseling · Elise Suna
Trauma, anxiety & emotional wellbeing
Brenna Doering · Thaimi Fina · Lisa Jimenez · Cherise Watson · Elise Suna
Eating disorders & body image
Thaimi Fina · Lisa Jimenez
Directory:
Dr. Nathasha Cole Hahn
Individual therapy · Couples · Family
For individuals, couples, and families exploring identity, relationship patterns, repair after conflict, and deeper connection with themselves and others.
Brenna Doering, LMHC
ADHD & autism · Burnout · EMDR
For neurodivergent adults navigating ADHD, autism or AuDHD (being both autistic and ADHD), burnout, perfectionism, or childhood trauma. Also a good fit if you're interested in EMDR, a therapy for processing trauma.
Mariana Fernandez-Soto, LMFT
Couples · Family · English & Spanish
For individual and couples therapy, relationship concerns, infidelity, and family conflict, with care in English or Spanish.
Thaimi Fina, LMHC
Eating & body image · Trauma · Couples · English & Spanish
For eating disorders, body image, trauma, and couples therapy, including bilingual and LGBTQ+ affirming care.
Charleen Gonzalez, LMFT
Neurodivergent adults · Couples · LGBTQ+ & gender affirming
For neurodivergent adults, couples therapy, and anyone looking for LGBTQ+ and gender affirming care.
Kasie Holmes, LMHC
Identity & systems · Liberatory therapy
For therapy that looks at your personal experiences and at the larger systems that shape your life. Kasie's approach is anti oppressive and liberatory, meaning it takes things like racism, sexism, and inequality seriously as part of what people carry.
Lisa Jimenez, LMHC
Eating & body image · Anxiety & depression · LGBTQ+ affirming
For eating disorders, body image, anxiety, and depression, especially if you're looking for LGBTQ+ affirming care that follows Health at Every Size (HAES), an approach that supports health without focusing on weight loss.
The Mindful Heart Counseling
Children & teens · Play & sandtray · EMDR · Faith option
For children and teens, with attachment focused work that includes play therapy, sandtray, and EMDR. Families who want their faith included in care can ask about their Christian based option.
Pilar Siman, LCSW
Faith & spirituality · Culture & identity · LGBTQ+
For therapy or spiritual direction that brings together mental health, faith, culture, and identity, including LGBTQ+ identity.
Elise Suna, LMFT
Couples · Family dynamics · Anxiety & depression
For individuals and couples exploring relationship patterns, anxiety, depression, family dynamics, and the ways past experiences keep showing up in the present.
Cherise Watson, LMHC
Trauma & EMDR · Life transitions · Women's issues
For trauma and EMDR, multicultural counseling, anxiety, life transitions, career concerns, and women's issues.
Affordable and community care
If cost is part of what's in the way right now, these are good places to look.
University of Miami Institute for Individual and Family Counseling
Affordable counseling for individuals, couples, and families. Sessions are with graduate clinicians under faculty supervision.
Open Path Collective
A nationwide network that connects clients with therapists who offer reduced fee, sliding scale therapy.