Tony Chavira

Hi, I'm Tony and my therapy practice is a space of hope, clarity, and limitless compassion. I'm an LMFT with 2 years of experience in private practice, 7 years as a psychotherapist, 11 years providing group support, 15 years as a case manager, and 20 years as a sociologist and community activist. I combine a wide range of impactful psychosocial and somatic approaches to support your freedom, safety, and boundless growth... with ACT, EFT, and Somatic Abolition as my grounding.

Most importantly, my work honors the weight you’ve had to hold during these painful times, and the care you’ve given while also sometimes struggling. Maybe it's been harder to cope lately and you're feeling lost. Maybe you're overburdened, or even totally depleted. Together, we can journey to a new place of relief, discovery, and steadiness. My work is about reconnection, growth, and finally feeling truly supported. You've deserved real care all along. I know it.

My primary styles are Emotionally-Focused (EFT) and Acceptance & Commitment (ACT), grounded in Somatic Abolition and radical community practice. Across our work together, these will help us put down the hard expectations of systemic and historical pressures, if only for a moment. Most importantly, I use these and other tools to build greater trust, awareness, and equity in the present moment. Most of all my clients deserve all of my presence, curiosity, compassion, and support in our space. That's what great therapy means to me.

Therapy is a brave but daunting experience, especially when you're not used to receiving real care. In our first session together, we can begin both to explore life and to heal toward a new place of openness and ease... or just finally pause, exhale, feel clearer, and restore a bit.

Trust comes hard for many of us, so we move together through therapy at the safest speed and ease for you, always. I know most of all that you deserve real insight and understanding, finally. Feel welcome to reach out anytime. I'm here for you.