My Approach
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I provide a holistic, integrative approach to therapy that combines EMDR, somatic skills, and mindfulness. Together, we’ll explore the root causes of your challenges and develop practical tools for healing, growth, and transformation.
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): A proven method to help process trauma and emotional blocks that might be keeping you stuck.
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Somatic Therapy: Working with the body’s wisdom to release stored tension, trauma, and negative emotions.
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Mindfulness: Grounding yourself in the present moment, cultivating resilience, and creating lasting change through mindful awareness.
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Resourcing: From developing skills to tolerate and reduce anxiety and distress, to creating an individualized menu of self-care activities and habits that will help you sustain the gains you make in therapy.
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Why Choose Foothill Therapy?
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I work with clients to create grounding space, inside and outside of sessions, to build resiliency, and to develop an alliance based on understanding, trust, and compassion. In that space, real transformation can happen.
My primary practice is in EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) - which works by reprocessing old memories and wounds that keep you feeling stuck, anxious, and sad. The result is a freer, more dynamic, more fulfilling life, free of excessive worry, self-doubt, and stagnation.
EMDR is well researched, evidence-based, and has proven results with issues as diverse as trauma, anxiety and depression, addiction, relationship issues, body-image, and self-esteem.
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I Work With:
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Anxiety & Stress: If you’re overwhelmed by persistent anxiety or stress, I’ll help you regain a sense of calm and control.
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Trauma Recovery: Whether it’s a recent experience or long-held pain, EMDR and somatic therapy can help you heal from trauma and move forward with a greater sense of well-being.
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Creative Blocks: If you’re a creative person feeling stuck, we can break through those barriers together and reconnect with your authentic creative flow.
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Life Transitions: Major life changes—such as changing careers, relationships, or moving—can feel daunting, but I’m here to help you navigate these shifts.
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Expat Life Stresses: Living abroad brings its own unique challenges, from cultural adjustment and language barriers to feelings of isolation or homesickness. Whether you’re struggling with cultural adaptation, balancing multiple identities, or feeling disconnected from home, I provide support for expats who want to feel more grounded and at ease in their new environment. Together, we’ll explore strategies for managing the emotional challenges of expat life and creating a deeper sense of belonging wherever you are.
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Take the First Step
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You deserve to feel grounded, creative, and at peace, no matter where you are in the world. Together, we’ll work through your challenges and help you create the life you envision— whether you’re adjusting to a new culture, overcoming past trauma, or simply navigating life’s transitions.
Ready to start your healing journey?
Reach out today for a free consultation, or ask any questions about how we can work together.
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I'm committed to my own ongoing learning, and to being an ally/supportive partner/ collaborator with people of all communities.
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"We are all just walking each other home."
- Ram Dass
About me
Once upon a time...
That's how the stories start, right? My story starts both with the joy I remember feeling at simple things as a child, and the confusion and pain I carried into young adulthood from an often chaotic upbringing. Plus all the efforts I made over the years to change my conditions. Efforts both stumbling and purposeful, with plenty of mistakes along the way. Mistakes are terrific lessons though. Without them, we don't grow.
I'm a person working on my own recovery and growth, an artist/artisan finding the motivation to get into the studio, a person sometimes struggling between freeze and hyperfocus, and ...
The point is, I know what it's like, and there's nothing I do with clients that I haven't tried myself. I get the inter-generational trauma, the existential angst, the difficulty finding and listening to that inner voice, and the peace and exhilaration that comes with learning to be in the here and now. Learning to hear yourself above and through the noise.
Originally from Los Angeles, I graduated with a Masters in Science in Psychology in 2006, with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy. As a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I worked with adults, families and children/teens for approximately 15 years prior to my move to Spain, as well as managed programs serving at-risk youths. I am trained in Motivational Interviewing, Seeking Safety, and EMDR. EMDR has been a game-changer in my practice, giving me tools to help my clients move beyond stacking coping skills and positive self-talk (and to be clear, I LOVE coping skills and positive self-talk!) into enduring, deep healing.
I'm also a crazy dog- and cat-mom, a nature-lover, reader, baker, potter, painter, gardener, meditator, partner, expat/immigrant, learner, and lover of tapas and schezuan noodles.
These are some of my everyday sources of joy. I'd be honored to help you find yours.
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Contact
Finding the right therapist is an essential first step toward progress. You can email cynthialongino@foothillpsychology.org to schedule a free consultation.
+34 680 29 82 77