I would like to learn and discuss how I can help your child. I am a bilingual therapist offering therapy services for children in Spanish and English.
If these words resonate in your heart, you are not broken. You’re a caring person dealing with intense emotions, and there’s a path forward that honors both your struggles and your strength.
At Denver Latino Counseling, we provide bilingual DBT therapy – a gentle yet powerful approach called Dialectical Behavior Therapy that has helped thousands of people learn to manage overwhelming emotions. You don’t have to suffer in silence anymore.
Life can feel overwhelming between caring for your family, working hard to provide for them, and trying to be strong for everyone else. Maybe you’ve noticed that small stresses trigger big reactions, or that anxiety and worry seem to follow you everywhere.
DBT therapy isn’t just another form of therapy – it’s like having a trusted friend teach you practical, proven skills for handling life’s emotional storms. What makes our approach different is that we truly understand the unique pressures you face as a Latino family.
Unlike therapy that just talks about problems, bilingual DBT therapy teaches you specific skills you can use right in the moment when emotions hit hard. These aren’t complicated techniques – they’re practical tools that busy parents and working people can actually use when life gets intense.
Dr. Marsha Linehan developed DBT in the 1980s specifically because she understood that some people feel emotions more intensely than others. Thirty years of research have proven that DBT works remarkably well for depression, anxiety, anger that feels out of control, and relationship counseling challenges.
The beautiful thing about DBT is that it doesn’t ask you to stop feeling deeply – it teaches you how to feel deeply without drowning. As your Latino DBT therapist, we bring not just professional training, but deep understanding of what it means to care for family while managing your own emotional world.
Our bilingual emotional regulation therapy approach means you can express your deepest feelings in whatever language feels right. Sometimes the words that capture our pain only exist in Spanish, and sometimes English feels safer.
When Depression Makes Everything Feel Heavy: You wake up tired even after sleeping, and simple tasks feel mountainous. You smile for your family but inside, you feel empty or sad. You’re not ungrateful – you’re hurting, and that hurt deserves care and attention.
When Anxiety Won’t Let You Rest: Your mind races with “what-ifs” about your children’s future, your family’s safety, or money concerns. Sleep becomes elusive because worry follows you to bed. That constant state of alert is exhausting, and you deserve peace.
When Anger Erupts and Hurts the People You Love: Maybe it’s after a long day when your teenager talks back, or when your partner doesn’t understand your stress. The anger comes fast and strong, leading to words you regret or silence that hurts.
When Relationships Feel Like a Constant Struggle: Perhaps you and your partner keep having the same fights, or your children seem distant. Family therapy can help address these patterns. You love these people deeply, but sometimes loving them feels complicated and painful.
When Parenting Support Is Needed: You want to be patient and present with your children, but stress makes you snappy or withdrawn. Sometimes their behavior triggers such strong emotions in you that you react in ways that don’t reflect the parent you want to be.
Meeting You With Compassion: When we first meet, we’ll listen – really listen – to your story without judgment. You’ll tell us about the emotions that feel too big, the relationships that are struggling, and the life you dream of having.
Learning Skills That Actually Work: Together, we’ll explore four powerful skill areas: mindfulness for finding calm in daily chaos, emotional regulation for managing depression and calming anxiety, distress tolerance for crisis moments, and interpersonal effectiveness for communication and setting boundaries.
Practicing in Real Life: We won’t just talk about these skills – we’ll practice using them for actual situations you face. How to stay calm when your teenager is pushing boundaries, how to communicate with your partner when you’re both stressed, how to manage work pressure without bringing it home.
Imagine waking up tomorrow feeling confident that you can handle whatever the day brings. Picture yourself staying calm during family conflicts and actually solving problems instead of just arguing.
Emotional Freedom: You’ll still feel deeply – that’s part of what makes you caring – but emotions won’t control your actions anymore. Depression will lift as you learn to nurture yourself with the same care you give others.
Stronger Relationships: Your marriage or partnership becomes a source of support instead of stress through couples counseling techniques. Your children feel safer and more connected as you model emotional regulation. Marriage therapy skills help transform old patterns of conflict into deeper understanding.
Confident Parenting: You’ll respond to your children’s needs with patience and wisdom, even when they’re testing boundaries. Parenting support helps discipline become about teaching rather than reacting, making your home a peaceful haven.
You might have tried therapy before and felt like you just talked about problems without learning solutions. Our bilingual DBT therapy approach gives you a toolbox of specific, proven techniques.
This approach honors your cultural values and family responsibilities while giving you modern, effective tools for emotional regulation. When you learn to manage your emotions skillfully, you’re creating a calmer, happier environment for everyone you love.
We see you there, trying so hard to hold everything together while your own heart is struggling. We see the love you have for your family and the pain you carry trying to be strong for everyone else.
Your emotions aren’t too much. You’re not too sensitive. You’re not broken or weak. You’re a person with a big heart who needs and deserves the right tools to manage life’s challenges.
You don’t have to carry this emotional weight alone anymore. Let’s work together to build the peaceful, confident life you and your family deserve.
Call Denver Latino Counseling today – because your heart deserves the same care and attention you give to everyone else.
Phone: (720) 276-9188
Serving Denver, Aurora, Westminster, Lakewood, Thornton, and surrounding communities with warmth, understanding, and hope. Bilingual DBT therapy for depression, anxiety, anger, relationship challenges, and trauma counseling. Insurance and Medicaid welcomed.
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Denver Latino Counseling
6767 South Spruce Street, Suite 215
Englewood, CO 80112
Our therapy office is conveniently located in Englewood, Colorado, just minutes from Denver, Aurora, and Centennial. We are close to Arapahoe Marketplace and a short drive from Park Meadows Mall.
