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What I Treat
I draw heavily from my extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Couples Therapy, Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy, Trauma-focused therapy, Sex Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, LGBTQIA+ Affirming therapy, and the Unified Protocol for emotional disorders.
I utilize my psychological acumen, experience, and intuition to employ and integrate these evidence-based modalities in concert to assist patients in creating more fulfilling and meaningful relationships and experiences.
I work with adults, adolescents (13+), families, couples, and Veterans. This array of experience at some of the top programs in the world has enabled me to effectively and competently treat most issues and concerns.
Specialties
- Individual therapy
- Couples therapy
- Trauma-focused therapy
- LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy
- Working with Creatives
- Depression & Anxiety
- Ethical non-monogamy
- Communication
- Sex therapy & Sexual issues
- Burnout
- Work-Life Balance & Stress
- Diverse Relationships & Lifestyles
- Kink-affirming therapy
- Pornography consumption concerns
- Intimate Relationships
- Online dating issues & Ghosting
- Impact of complex trauma & Sexual assault
- Cultural competence, Implicit bias, & Intersectionality
- Unproductive worry
- Distress Intolerance
- Anxiety disorders
- Social anxiety
- Depressive disorders
- Rumination
- Trauma- and stressor-related disorders
- PTSD
- Sexual dysfunction
- Gender dysphoria
- Body dysmorphia
- Disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorders
- Paraphilic disorders
- Anger issues
- Lack of Motivation
- Burnout
- Writers Block
- Sex “addiction”
- Porn “addiction”
- Trust
- Perfectionism
- Impulsiveness
- Worthlessness and hopelessness
- Relationship issues
- Self-esteem
- Internalized homophobia
- Internalized stigma
- Rejection sensitivity
- Emotion dysregulation
- Lack of Inspiration
- Avoidance
- Sexual coercion
- Risky sexual behavior
- Sexual assault
- Codependency
- Chronic childhood sexual trauma
- Military Sexual Trauma
- Combat trauma
- Feelings of failure
- Deadlines
- Life transitions
- Family conflict
- Peer relationships
- Poor relationship communication
- Sexual harassment
- Creative blocks
- Physical abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Minority stress
- Major life changes
- Concealment of your authentic self
- Divorce
- Infidelity
- Breakups
- Loneliness
- Discrimination
- Stigma
- Stress
- Emotional cheating
- Ghosting
- Online dating
- Adolescents/Teenagers (13-18)
- Adults (18+)
- Couples
- Relationships (2 or more individuals)
- Family Systems
- LGBTQIA+
- Creatives/Artists
- Actors
- Musicians
- Writers
- Alternative lifestyles
- Polyamorous relationships
- Open relationships
- Asexual individuals
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT/EFCT)
- Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT)
- Career Counseling / Work-Life Balance
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Relational Counseling (for individuals)
- Life Coaching
- Mindfulness-based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Couples Therapy for PTSD (CBCT-PTSD)
- Existential Therapy
- Family Systems
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy
- Supportive therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Creativity Burnout Career Coaching
- Art Therapy (for burnout and writer’s block)
- Narrative Therapy
- Structural Family Therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Exposure Response Prevention
- Person-centered
- Online Telehealth (Video/”Skype”/”Zoom”)
- Individual
- Relational/Contextual
- Couples
- Family
- Sex Therapy
- Groups
- Coaching

Therapy is fluid and ever changing. I work well with curious clients who are motivated to grow, share, be vulnerable, and play in therapy and in their lives. I celebrate our diversity and individual differences, and hope to support authenticity and self-discovery in my clients.
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“You were one of my favorite therapists because you were always easy to talk to, and have a conversation with.”
Individual Client, 8/2021 (Seen in 2013)
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“Dr. Solano is amazing! I have had a handful of personal and couples therapists, and she is hands down one of the best. Incredibly smart and invested in a healthy outcome - personable to boot!”
Couples Client, 6/2020