Heloisa Aguiar, MA, LMHC, QS
Welcome. You're in the right place.
You might have carried what you're feeling a long time. Or maybe you've only noticed it recently. Whatever brought you here, you don't have to sort through it alone. For 30+ years, I've worked with clients who arrived at exactly this moment you're in.
How we work together
Therapy is a process, and you're already in it.
Seeking help means you're already engaged in the healing process.When clients tell me they want to feel better, I take that seriously. Feeling better usually comes from understanding yourself, though, not from being talked out of what you feel.Our work tends to move on two levels. The first is what brought you in: the anxiety, the trauma still running close to the surface, the doubt about who you are, the distance between you and someone you love.Underneath that is almost always a quieter question, some version of "who am I, actually?" Both questions are important to answer. The first tends to bring real relief. The second changes how you live with yourself.
Most people come in with more than one thing happening at once.
Sometimes there's a clear reason for reaching out. Other times it's harder to name. You might find yourself somewhere in here:
Anxiety that won't quiet down
Depression that's outlasted every fix you've tried
Trauma that still feels close even years later
Doubt about who you are or what's next
A life that looks right on paper but doesn't feel right in real life
A relationship that used to feel close but is now distant
The sense that you've done the work but something still hasn't shifted
About me
Hi, I'm Heloisa.
I came to this work the way a lot of therapists do. There was mental illness in my family growing up, and I spent years trying to understand what was actually driving the behavior I saw. That curiosity still drives how I practice today. I graduated in 1996 and thirty years later, I'm still in the room.My approach is Jungian at its root, with mindfulness and dream work alongside it. When a client is open to it, I'll bring in astrology or tarot, not as predictions, but as ways of looking at a question from a different angle.I grew up in Rio de Janeiro, so Portuguese is my first language. English came later. Spanish, I'm still working on.When I'm not seeing clients, I'm usually walking, doing yoga, or reading.
MY APPROACHES
How we can work together
I draw from a range of approaches, and we use what fits you. Here is what that can look like.
Jungian work. My grounding. The self, individuation, and the long work of becoming who you are. This is the lens I bring to most of what we do.
Dream work. A strange dream is rarely random. We work out what yours is showing you, even the parts that make no sense at first.
Mindfulness. Practical tools for staying with what you feel instead of running from it.
Trauma work. A steady path: understanding what happened, making sense of how it lives in you now, and moving it into the past where it belongs.
Astrology and tarot. An optional way to look at what you are working through from a different angle, and surface things that talk alone might not reach.
Talk therapy across approaches. After 30 years, I draw on most of the major frameworks (cognitive, psychodynamic, somatic, others) as each client needs them.
Couples work. Two people who have drifted, finding their way back toward each other.
Clinical supervision. For licensed and pre-licensed therapists who want a thoughtful, experienced supervisor.
free 15-minute consult
Let's talk about what's on your mind.
Email or call whenever you're ready, and we'll find a time to talk. I usually reply within 1 to 2 days.
305-775-3105
Heloisa Aguiar
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) #MH7875
Qualified Supervisor (QS)
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