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.
Intrusive thoughts about harm, contamination, or not being “good enough” can feel too shameful to discuss with anyone.
You are not broken or weak. What you’re experiencing is OCD – a medical condition that affects brain chemistry, just like diabetes affects how your body processes sugar. With proper trauma counseling and treatment, you can find peace.
OCD affects millions of people, including many in our Latino families. That feeling when your mind gets stuck on a thought? When you’ve checked the door five times but your brain demands “just one more time”? These aren’t personality flaws – they’re symptoms of a treatable condition.
Our cultura teaches us to “echar ganas” – to try harder and have more faith. While these are beautiful values, OCD requires medical treatment, not just willpower. Many Latino families have dealt with these struggles for generations without understanding what it was.
As Latinos in Denver, you’re managing OCD while navigating cultural misunderstanding and working multiple jobs. You’re supporting family here and back home while maintaining cultural connections. Immigration stress and helping children succeed adds pressure that can worsen OCD symptoms.
These challenges are real, but with culturally-informed therapy and medication when needed, healing is possible. You don’t have to carry this burden alone.
We help you understand that obsessive thoughts aren’t the “real you” – they’re protective parts working overtime. You have different internal parts: one that worries about family safety, one that checks repeatedly, one seeking perfection. IFS therapy helps you connect with your calm, wise Self that can speak gently to these worried parts.
Through this approach, you learn to respond to thoughts from choice rather than compulsion. Your worried parts can finally relax when they feel heard and understood.
Sometimes OCD connects to past experiences – trauma from your country of origin, difficult immigration, discrimination, or childhood incidents. EMDR therapy helps your brain properly process these “stuck” memories so they stop triggering current anxiety. This powerful therapy can break the cycle that keeps OCD symptoms active.
For most people with OCD, medication isn’t optional – it’s essential. OCD involves specific brain chemistry changes with serotonin. Medication helps restore brain balance so obsessive thoughts become quieter and less urgent.
This doesn’t change who you are or compromise your faith. Think of it as turning down the volume on your brain’s alarm system so you can think clearly again.
We work with your family to help them understand OCD as a medical condition, not a character flaw. Our family therapy approach includes education sessions in Spanish or English. We collaborate with priests, pastors, or spiritual leaders to ensure treatment honors your beliefs.
If you experience religious OCD, we help distinguish between healthy spiritual practices and compulsive behaviors. Many clients discover that treating OCD deepens their faith because they can worship from love rather than fear.
Your life doesn’t have to be controlled by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. You don’t have to spend hours performing rituals that steal time from your family. Our bilingual, culturally-informed therapists understand the unique pressures Latino families face in Denver.
We’ve helped many individuals and families in Denver, Aurora, Westminster, and Lakewood find freedom from OCD. Couples counseling is also available when OCD affects your marriage or relationship counseling needs arise.
No – medication helps you become yourself again, the person you were before OCD took over. You’ll have the same values and family love, but think more clearly.
We offer parenting support and education to help loved ones see OCD as treatable. When families witness the peace proper treatment brings, they often become your strongest supporters.
We accept Medicaid Colorado Access and offer sliding scale fees. Mental health is essential healthcare, and we’ll work to make treatment accessible for your family.
OCD is highly treatable with the right combination of EFT therapy, medication, and family support. You deserve to live free from OCD’s burden, regardless of your background or financial situation. Our marriage therapy and individual counseling services are designed specifically for Latino families.
Contact Denver Latino Counseling for a free 15-minute consultation. We serve the entire Denver metro area and believe every person deserves peace, healing, and hope.
Address:
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.
