“Because you are alive, everything is possible”
– Thích Nhất Hạnh
EMDR & yoga & psychology
ALEX SANDOVAL, LCSW
I'm so glad you're here.
I'm Alex (she/her), a proud First-Generation daughter of Mexican immigrants, and licensed clinical social worker. My journey into this work is deeply personal, shaped by my own lived experiences navigating identity, intergenerational trauma, and the challenges and strengths of being First-Gen.
Virtual-based therapy for residents of Illinois, California, Oregon, and Tennesse
In person services offered in Nashville, TN
You deserve a safe space where you feel like you can be yourself, focus on you, and feel like you've got someone on your team (me!).
“Shame dies when stories are told in safe places” -Ann Voskamp
About Alex
I am a licensed clinical social worker from Chicago, IL with 10 years of experience. Over the past decade my clinical experience has been in higher levels of care, (Residential & Partial Hospitalization Programs) working with individuals, groups, and couples as well as in outpatient settings.
I never thought I’d be doing this work. I avoided my own counseling for years. I believed the lie that asking for help was a sign of weakness and that I could do it all on my own. Now I have profound gratitude that I have the ongoing opportunity to help others access their own inner truth and wisdom. My approach is relational and holistic.
I am passionate about doing my job well and participate in ongoing consultation groups, therapy, trainings, and my own self care rituals. My favorite grounding tools are feeling the sun, dancing bachata, and long walks with my dog Max.
I offer free consultation calls to answer questions and see if we could be a good fit for each other.
Education & experience
Education
BSW, Loyola University Chicago
MSW, Loyola University Chicago
Licenses & Certifications
LCSW (IL) 149.021586
LCSW (CA) 107133
LCSW (OR) L1661
LCSW (TN) 10713
RYT200
Clinical Training Programs
Live Oak Yoga Informed Psychotherapy Program
EMDR Consulting EMDR: levels 1 and 2
PGI Gestalt Residential Training Program, 2025
Ongoing Trainings
Currently training at the Pacific Gestalt Institute in relational gestalt therapy & participating in the Breathing Deeply C-IAYT program
“We repeat what we don’t repair”
-Christine Langley-Obaugh
Therapy Services
Individual : $175
50 minute session,
75-minute and 90-minute sessions may be available at an additional fee
Group : $50
First Generation Immigrants Support Group
A TeleHealth Support Group for Women and Men
Join Alex in an online teletherapy support group during this unprecedented time in our world. Topics may include anxiety, depression, burnout, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, microaggressions, machismo, marianismo, and intergenerational survival patterns.
Therapists Collected Support Group
A Telehealth Support Group to prevent isolation and burnout
As therapists, we hold so much and are at risk of high turnover. This is a space to feel supported in all you feel and deal with as a person and professional.
Yoga Therapy Group
This is an 8-week series that aims to increase your capacity for wellness, aliveness and connection using yoga techniques and other body based practices. In person in Nashville, TN.
framework
I believe in taking a systemic approach to therapy - meaning we’ll (when helpful) talk about the systems that we operate within (family, capitalism, etc.) that impact who we are and how we engage with the world. I use emotion-focused, experiential and person-centered modalities.
Therapy is deeply collaborative work. I will look to you to identify your goals for yourself and areas of focus. I will work to meet you where you are at with nonjudgment and deep curiosity as to what contributes to your views.
“Without community, there is no liberation”
— Audre Lorde
EMDR THERAPY
RELATIONAL GROWTH
A POWERFUL THERAPEUTIC MODALITY DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE THE HEALING OF TRAUMA AND DISTRESSING LIFE EXPERIENCES BY UTILIZING BILATERAL SENSORY INPUT TO UNBLOCK THE MIND'S NATURAL RECOVERY PROCESSES AND RESTORE EMOTIONAL EQUILIBRIUM.
AN INTERACTIVE THERAPEUTIC APPROACH FOCUSING ON THE POWER OF CONNECTION AS THE CATALYST FOR GROWTH, EXAMINING ATTACHMENT STYLES AND BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS TO BUILD STRONGER, MORE AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH SELF AND OTHERS.
ONLINE + IN-PERSON
Online therapy for residents of IL, CA, OR, and TN
In person therapy in Nashville, TN