Virtual therapy for women of color with immigration and cross-cultural backgrounds in NJ, NY and MD
My therapy practice is dedicated to helping women of color reclaim their wholeness so that they can take confident steps towards the life they want to create.
CARE therapy offers an empathic space to be seen and heard and regain your footing amidst your struggle.
If you’re a woman of color, coping with anxiety, depression, trauma or needing support processing big life change, you’re in the right place.
What we can work on
Work stress
Navigating separation or divorce
Parenting challenges
Navigating relationship
Intergenerational trauma
Improve self-confidence
CARE Therapy Approach
Many people experience therapy that’s either too heavy into talk therapy and have gotten little strategies or have received a very manual-like set of strategies with little one-on-one connection, reflection and holding space to unpack and understand the client’s life journey.
My approach is a balance of warmth, acceptance and trust while relying on evidence based strategies in therapy.
As a woman of color, I know representation matters. It can lift the burden of having to explain one’s culture and racial experience to a counselor who doesn’t look like them. Unspoken censorship happens in the therapy room when a counselor is afraid or even unaware of what to ask, or say about the racial and cultural differences in the room.
Care therapy prioritizes your full uncensored expression as it's vital to understanding your whole experience.
Connection to your therapist is key to successful therapy outcome.
Increased self awareness to recognize existing patterns you can change and feel more in control of your life.
Self-reflection leads to identification of deeper meanings of emotions and increases adoption of tools and strategies that promote wellbeing.
By accepting all parts of yourself, you feel empowered to fully live and be better able to navigate life’s challenges. You embrace an expanded version of yourself and have the courage to live authentically.
CARE therapy helps you to:
Understand the impact your environment (family and social) has had on your sense of self so that you can begin to take responsibility for the aspects you can change.
Develop self-compassion to unshame the needs that were deemed unimportant as you were growing up.
Learn to care for yourself, so that you can continue to care for others without sacrificing your own well-being.
Look at the deeper fears that operate your thoughts, emotions and responses to life situations.
Uncover your natural joy that arises when you undo self-limiting thoughts and behaviors.
Opt out of effortful living and reclaim permission to live with more joy and lightness.
ABOUT THE THERAPIST AND FOUNDER
Karol Espejo
LCSW
Licensed in MD, NJ, NY
My goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment that encourages individuals to express their feelings, explore their inner strengths, and find greater understanding of themselves in an effort to promote positive change.
I use evidence-based treatment models including CBT, ACT, motivational interviewing and Narrative Therapy. I pride myself in using an empathetic, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive lens.
I truly believe the therapeutic alliance can lead to healing. There is power in feeling heard and validated and I have great respect for every individual's personal story.
