Lindsay Elizondo

Dr. Elizondo (pronouns she/her) specializes in working with women, religious harm and trauma, young adults (18-25ish), relationship issues, grief, and depth work. She particularly enjoys helping women examine the impact of sociocultural norms and expectations (e.g., to not take up physical, emotional, relational, or sexual space). There is much healing to be had in challenging these messages, reconnecting with your body and emotions, accepting yourself as you are, and re-centering your values and your voice.

Dr. Elizondo draws from relational psychodynamic, emotion-focused, intersectional feminism, and trauma-informed therapies to meet the specific needs of each client. What this boils down to is an exploration of your relationships, emotions, and unique context with curiosity and compassion. Why look at these things?

First off, Dr. Elizondo knows that our relationships fundamentally shape us, and are the door to our healing and growth. Not only the therapeutic relationship, but your relationships with yourself, with safe and trusted friends and family, and with your community. Dr. Elizondo also believes that unhelpful ways of relating (e.g., people pleasing, avoidance) are your best attempts to get your needs met. And she will explore with you other, perhaps more effective, ways of meeting those needs.

Second, blocked or overwhelming emotions are often at the root of our problems. As such, Dr. Elizondo will explore your relationship to your emotions, how you experience them in your body (where they originate), and how to tune into the important messages they send you. By accepting, understanding, and effectively responding to your emotions, you unlock their wisdom and freedom.

Third, your unique identity markers (e.g., ethnicity, gender, culture, ability status, sexuality, body size, socioeconomic, religion, etc.) shape your context, how you uniquely experience the world, and how the world uniquely experiences and treats you. It is thus essential to understand these factors as best as possible in order to help you. In addition, racial justice and equity for marginalized communities are core professional and personal values of hers. She works to decolonize therapy by centering your values, treating you as the expert of your experience, and inviting feedback to ensure therapy works for you. She also actively examines her own biases and assumptions, and critically evaluates psychological knowledge, which has historically drawn from a White, cishetero, capitalistic, and patriarchal viewpoint, and often at the oppression of marginalized populations.

Lastly, in addition to psychodynamic and emotion-focused therapies, Dr. Elizondo's training emphasized the integration of spirituality and psychology, which informed her specialization in religious harm and trauma.

*If you think Dr. Elizondo might be a good fit for your needs but you have concerns about paying for therapy, please don't hesitate to talk to her about this. She is passionate about therapy being accessible for anyone who needs it, and is open to finding something that works for you both.