Claudia Duarte-Chairez

I am a Licensed Clinical Social worker with over a decade of experience working in social services. I started my social work career in child welfare. Having the opportunity to speak and connect with so many unique individuals, I realized how much childhood upbringing, relational trauma and generational trauma, impact future thoughts and behaviors. I work with clients struggling with anxiety and depressive symptoms. They have been holding too much for too long, and the internal wound is too much to bear.

I treat adults using an integrative approach of cognitive, behavioral, mindfulness and somatic work. Together, I guide you to examine how past experiences impact current emotions and behaviors. I will encourage you to dig deep and go into your past to look for patterns that occurred around you. We will work together to understand how those things impact you now. We will reflect on your current coping mechanisms and work to increase compassion for all of the parts of you that are working toward your emotional safety. Then, we will work to integrate new coping and inner strength in order to help you work toward healing.

I believe sitting with your feelings and not running from them is essential. I value self-compassion and communication. This means that my goal is to help you understand yourself better. What are you feeling and why? Where do your feelings come from? This can be uncomfortable at first, but you are not alone, we are in this together. If we can better understand your thoughts and feelings, then we can be more honest, caring, and compassionate with self and others. Only then can we work toward integrating the inner power, guidance and wisdom that is already there.