Jackie Leaño
Hello there, it’s nice to meet you! I believe it is an honor and a joy to experience life alongside my clients as a therapist. My first goal in our work together is always to establish connection, trust, safety, and solidarity, creating a space where we are truly collaborating. Therapy, to me, is not a one-sided process—I am here as a fellow human to witness, support, and walk with you as we navigate your experiences together.
I believe that the personal is political. Your intersectional, marginalized, and politicized identities shape your everyday life and influence your mental health experiences. I take a decolonizing approach to psychotherapy, centering you as the expert on your life. My role is to meet you where you are, offering support, empowerment, and challenge you when needed, serving as a piece of community care in your journey. This includes depathologizing mental health, moving beyond labels or diagnoses, and exploring your experiences through a liberation-minded lens—seeing struggles as rooted in systemic oppression and working toward reclaiming autonomy and power in your story.
I approach each client as a whole person, holding multiple identities and cultures at once—including race, religion, socioeconomic status, ability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and more. My specialty is supporting queer and trans BIPOC adults, often second-generation, as they navigate the intersections of identity, culture, and mental health. This work has included counseling around LGBTQ+ identity processing, gender-affirming healthcare, and holding space for traumas related to intergenerational struggles, religion or spirituality, anxiety, perfectionism, depression, and self-esteem.
My goal is to be alongside you for the journey, whether that means unpacking layers of trauma or being lighthearted and silly when we need to be. Together, we will define and work toward holistic healing in ways that honor both your individuality and your connection to community. I am genuinely excited to walk alongside you in this process, supporting growth, empowerment, and the reclaiming of your story.
Let’s ✨community✨ together! Feel free to contact me with questions or to set up a free consultation to see if we would be a good fit.
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