A Space for Authenticity and Nourishment for Your Becoming
Rooted in Radical Love and guided by decolonial values, YAI is a space where your wholeness is welcomed - not just the parts you’ve learned to manage.
This Work Is Deep—And You Deserve Support That Goes There With You.
You’ve done so much already. You’ve built a life, chased goals, and shown up for others. But this season—whether it’s filled with hope, grief, expansion, or deep change—asks something different of you. It asks for care that does not minimize your truth or simplify your complexity. It asks for presence, not pressure.
It is more than a milestone. It is a soul-level transformation.
This is not simply about expanding your family - it is about expand you:
Your identity, your relationships, your attunement with your body, and the story you’re weaving for the next generation.
In a world that was designed to hold your complexity, your grief or evening your pleasure and joy, it's no wonder you feel unseen.
That’s why YAI exists.
To offer care that reflects the depth, dignity, and cultural truth of your becoming.
I help people reconnect and honor their authentic selves, reclaiming their powers to own their story of family expansion with confidence through Radical Love.
This work didn’t start in a classroom.
It began with lived experience - as an immigrant, as a mother, and as a person holding the spaces in-between.
Birthwork chose me.
A Radical Love Doctor
I started Yai Wellness because I saw too many people navigating family expansion in systems that do not reflect their realities and needs. Systems that overlook culture, erase grief, and expect perfection in moments that require compassion.
As a bilingual (Spanish & English) and multicultural psychotherapist and mother, I bring lived experience, advanced clinical training, and a decolonial lens to support individuals and couples through one of life’s most consequential transitions in life.
My work blends somatic and cognitive evidence-based tools with Radical Love—offering you space to explore identity, regulate your nervous system, and move through uncertainty with clarity and confidence.
This is not the kind of support that asks you to “deal with it,” or says “you will be fine.”
This is the care that engages with you to say, “Let’s be with what’s real - together.”
Beyond the therapy room, I teach and mentor future clinicians at Boston University and Fordham University, integrating cultural humility, power analysis, and decolonial practice into clinical education.
As a Latina of immigrant origin, this isn’t just what I do—it’s who I am.
Radical Love is not a theory for me. It’s a lived, practiced, and embodied commitment to walking beside others through their most tender, transformative seasons—always with care, clarity, and courage.
Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C)
Somatic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (SCBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
The “Bringing Baby Home” Gottman-based curriculum
And I’m currently deepening this work through certification in Holistic Sex Therapy.
I'm certified/trained in the following:
With over a decade of experience in clinical settings, including Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, my work has always centered on culturally responsive, trauma-informed care—especially in the sacred seasons of fertility, parenthood, and postpartum.
I hold a Doctorate in Clinical Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania, where I explored the intersection of coloniality and mental health, and an MSW from Hunter College CUNY, where I focused on trauma in immigrant youth. My academic foundation began with a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Southern California.
My Clinical Roots - And How They Nourish This Space
You deserve support that meets you where you are— honoring heart, mind, body, and spirit.
Take Ownership of Your Story
If you’re navigating family expansion or parenthood and seeking support that empowers you, we are honored to walk beside you.
Explore how we can work together through therapy, coaching, or couples support.
