Michelle Mercado Martinez
Michelle Mercado Martinez
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Gender
Female
Ethnicity/Nationality
Filipina American
Language / Dialect
English
community
Body Positivity / Health at Every Size
LGBTQIAA+ / Queer Identified
Neurodivergent Friendly
Racial Justice Allied
Sex Positive / Kink Friendly
Familiarity with Faith
Interfaith
Multifaith
Catholicism
Focus
Anxiety
Attachment
Burnout
Colonial Mentality
Cultural & Systemic Oppression
Identity Development
Internalized Oppression
Personal Growth
Racial Identity
Trauma and PTSD
Treatment
Brainspotting
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Experiential Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Somatic Therapy (Body-Centered Therapy)
Trauma Focused
Modality
Individual
About
You've started to take note of patterns in your life that leave you questioning whether or not they serve you. These patterns look like being a perfectionist, a people pleaser, being anxious about how others perceive you, questioning your enoughness, or even struggling to have boundaries which continually lead you to burnout.
I help folx identify these patterns of relating to find balance, wholeness, and connection to themselves. I work from a brain, body, and relational approach to help people create and foster a secure attachment to themselves that, true to our Kapwa spirit, make allowance for us to positively impact those around us.
My practice focuses on decolonization and processing generational trauma as a means to work through these patterns. I am a queer, second gen, Filipina American (she/her/siya) LMFT. I am also one of the Ates of the Ask Your Ates Podcast, a Filipinx Mental Health Podcast.
Qualifications
LMFT #119285
Years in Practice: 7
School: Masters Counseling Psychology CBU
Location
Wildomar, CA
Online / remote services available
Pricing
$165 — $200 per session
Sliding Scale available
Accepted Insurance
Superbills provided for insurance
