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Welcome, I am Dr. Cheryl Santiago-Venture

I am a Clinical Psychologist and Somatic Experience Practitioner practicing in the South Bay of Los Angeles.

The client/therapist relationship is of utmost importance in order to create a safe and non-judgmental environment. Therapy is a place for healing and deep reflection. We all have an inherent capacity to heal ourselves, which can be thwarted by trauma, social influences, or adverse life experiences. Psychotherapy can provide different perspectives, restore balance, and mend internal wounds.

I have a collaborative approach and tailor treatment plans to the specific needs of each client.  The client / therapist relationship is important to cultivate a safe environment for the healing process to unfold.  I utilize a holistic approach and work with the mind/ body connection using somatic-oriented psychotherapy, insight oriented, and evidence-based treatments.  Mind-Body/ Somatic Psychotherapy is a psychotherapy that works holistically with all parts of the client: body, mind, thinking, feeling, and sensing.  Somatic therapy can bring awareness and reprocess what is stored in the body and access areas that may not be on the conscious level, restoring balance and regulation.

 

 "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." C.G. Jung