Notes from the practiceNotas desde la práctica

Writing on the work we return to.

Plain-spoken essays on grief, betrayal, anxiety, identity, and bilingual therapy. Educational, not clinical advice.

• BetrayalMay 12, 2026

  What betrayal trauma actually does to your nervous system

  Why ordinary coping doesn't reach betrayal trauma — and what's actually happening in your body when trust breaks.

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• GriefApril 28, 2026

  Grief that doesn't fit the timeline everyone expects

  On the quiet pressure to be "further along" by now — and why your grief doesn't owe anyone a graduation.

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• GriefApril 9, 2026

  When your pet dies and people don't understand why it hurts this much

  Pet loss is real loss. Why it can hit harder than people around you expect — and what to do with grief no one else seems to see.

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• AnxietyMarch 22, 2026

  Anxiety as a narrowing world — and how therapy widens it back

  Anxiety isn't always panic. Often it's the quiet way your world keeps getting smaller — and the slow work of widening it back.

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• HeritageMarch 4, 2026

  Therapy across cultures: showing up as your whole, bilingual self

  What it means to be able to slip between English and Spanish in session — and the parts of you that only one of those languages knows how to hold.

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