ABOUT US
Balm Wellness is an English-language therapy practice grounded in compassion, cultural humility, and real-world healing.
We serve clients in Chicago and Mexico City, with a focus on BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, immigrant, multicultural, neurodivergent communities, and men. Our work centers the lived experiences of people who have often had to navigate the world with added layers of pressure, expectation, or invisibility.
We provide relational, insight-oriented psychotherapy for adults and couples navigating identity, relationships, life transitions, and emotional health. Our clinicians work with care and rigor, creating space for clients to think clearly, feel deeply, and make meaningful change over time.
Who We Serve
We work with adults and couples seeking thoughtful, culturally responsive therapy in English.
Many of our clients are:
BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples
Men seeking a space to explore emotional life, relationships, and identity
Immigrants, expatriates, and globally mobile individuals
Professionals navigating relocation, burnout, or major life transitions
Neurodivergent clients seeking affirming, strengths-based care
We recognize that many clients hold multiple identities and may not feel fully seen in traditional therapy settings. Our goal is to offer care that is affirming, nuanced, and attentive to cultural context — without reducing clients to labels.
Meet the team
Therapy, to me, is a collaborative and thoughtful process grounded in trust, transparency, and cultural humility. I work with clients to create a supportive space where anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, life transitions, and questions of identity can be explored with care and depth.
With an MA in Counseling from Northwestern’s Family Institute and a background in sociology, I draw from CBT, DBT, feminist-multicultural lenses, and years of mindfulness practice—tailoring each session to what works best for you. Rather than relying on a single approach, I adapt the work to your history, goals, and lived experience.
I am LGBTQIA+-affirming and intentionally work with men and clients from culturally diverse backgrounds, including those navigating cross-cultural or international experiences.
I see therapy as a steady partnership that supports greater self-understanding, emotional clarity, and more sustainable ways of relating to yourself and others.
I oversee operations, client experience, and practice growth. I’m often the first point of contact for clients and handle intake questions, policies, marketing, and the systems that keep the practice running smoothly.
I studied political science and sociology as an undergraduate and hold a master’s degree in public policy with a focus on human rights. My background is in research, client services, and operations, and I care deeply about building a practice that is ethical, inclusive, and thoughtfully run.
My goal is to make therapy feel clear, welcoming, and well-supported from the very first interaction — so clients feel at ease reaching out and clinicians can focus fully on their work.