Clarissa is a bilingual, first-generation social worker with several years of clinical and leadership experience. Her comprehensive and strengths-based approach incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation therapy, art therapy, task-centered, and other evidence-based modalities to treat patients who struggle with anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, and dual diagnoses.  Empathy, cultural humility, and ethics guide her work with patients, and she believes that feedback from the patient is important in cultivating a safe therapeutic environment.