H E A L I N G
V I B R A Z
Counseling & Services
"Healing minds are creative minds"
About Me
Carolina Perez Placencia, MSW, LICSW.
I am originally from Aguascalientes, Mexico raised in Renton/Seattle, WA, Occupied Duwamish Territory. I am a bi-cultural, bilingual (Spanish/English), undocumented/DACA-recipient Mexican immigrant woman (pronouns: she/her/hers/ella). I am passionate about systemic change, healing intergenerational trauma, social justice, learning, community healing, music, aesthetic/style as a form of expression, nutrition, poetry, travel, exercise/body movement/embodiment, nature, and all-around creativity.
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I completed my Bachelors degree in Psychology with a minor in family studies at Central Washington University and Masters in clinical social work from the University of Washington. Much of my experience comes from working with communities of color from different age groups and backgrounds in various capacities for over 10 years. More specifically communities with roots to Latin America and the immigrant experience. Working in community has allowed me to bear witness to how trauma shows up and the barriers that exist to heal and care for our mental wellness. My work has consisted in supporting sexual assault survivors of all ages during my 3+ years at a sexual assault resource center in King County as a bilingual trauma-focused therapist, providing supports for young people and their families in crisis as a current Certified Crisis Intervention Specialist, education, providing consultation for non-profit community agencies, supporting curriculum, mental wellness workshops, and healing spaces for adults and young people (i.e healing Circles). I am passionate about education as a form of liberation, whether that is about systems of oppression, the connection between our bodies and our minds, and how individuals and communities can harness tools to reconnect with themselves to support their healing journey. My experience in the mental health system, activism, case-management, working with families, adults, and youth, as well as my own personal healing journey led me to create H E A L I N G V I B R A Z which promotes healing and mental wellness through a social justice and liberation-based perspective that aims to bring a space for individual and collective community healing.
SPECIALTIES
Depression
Burn out as it relates to activism/organizing, being a service provider, a professional of color in corporate, and/or work in general
Anxiety (exposure work)
First time in therapy "I don't know where to start"
grief and loss
Acculturation/Assimilation
Internalized Oppression
Guilt/shame
Boundaries
Navigating interpersonal relationships
Life transitions
PTSD/TRAUMA
Services
Therapy : Space to facilitate healing
I view the facilitation of healing (therapy) as a creative and interactive process where we explore challenges, unhelpful patterns, inherent strengths, opportunities to grow, rituals, and practices that will support your journey.
This can look like: ​
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Processing past or current trauma due to sexual/physical/racial/systemic/domestic/gender-based violence
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Working through specific fears due to anxiety
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Decreasing guilt/shame or patterns that cause barriers in your life, work, community, or relationships
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Processing and navigating grief/loss due to death/murder, migration/borders, life transitions, or a relationship breakup/divorce​
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Health challenges and chronic illness
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Learning to engage in practices to protect and care for your mental wellness ​
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My services include a person-centered, strength-based, trauma-focused, womanist/mujerista, and cognitive-behavioral approach. I explore the external impacts and environment; that includes systems of oppression and intersectionality to address the impact on the person's mind, body, spirit, and community as a whole. My work honors intergenerational wisdom and the creative mind which I believe must be protected and nurtured to bring forth imagination and expression – to heal and exist. It is my duty to make every attempt to create a safe place free of judgement and shame. It takes courage, commitment, and honesty with the self to engage in this journey and I am honored to embark on this healing journey with you.
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My work is and has been with individuals from diverse backgrounds/identities, in particular women, QTBIWOC , and femmes who are interested and committed to exploring their healing journey and would like support, accountability, and guidance.
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*Please note I am ONLY working with adults 18+ at this time.
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"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political welfare."