Nicole Grimaldo, LSWAIC

Therapist

You know the feeling: you have read the books, analyzed your past, and intellectually understand exactly why you feel anxious or stuck—yet your body hasn’t caught up with your brain. Perhaps you are navigating a profound shift in your identity, seeking deeply validating gender-affirming care, or carrying a heavy, exhausting survival response rooted in trauma that feels older than you are. It’s exhausting to constantly fight upstream against anxiety and stress, generational loops, or a profound sense of shame that keeps you feeling small. If you feel like you are standing in a liminal space between who you were and who you are becoming, you don’t need more clinical checklists; you need a space that honors both your psychological reality and your spiritual depth.

As an associate therapist at Freesia, I work primarily with young adults, cycle-breakers, frontline professionals, and individuals navigating LGBTQIA+ issues and major life transitions. Guided by Systems Theory and my own lived experience as a person of color, my practice bridges the gap between clinical science and deep metaphysical healing. My approach is backed by nearly a decade of experience addressing behavioral health crises, psychiatric emergencies, and complex trauma across community and inpatient settings, alongside advanced clinical training in trauma-informed care, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), human sexuality, and addiction psychology. This rigorous foundation allows me to offer a deeply validating, equity-focused environment where your intersections are fully seen and held with the utmost dignity.

In our work together, we move beyond standard talk therapy to track and release distress where it actually lives: in your nervous system. Rooted in Somatic Therapy and having formally studied the intersection of clinical practice and spirituality, I utilize a structured, three-phase framework designed for deep integration. We leverage Internal Family Systems (IFS) alongside Jungian shadow work, astrology, and archetypal mapping to unearth the hidden roots of shame, inherited ancestral scripts, and subconscious defense mechanisms. Utilizing Narrative Therapy to help you deconstruct and re-author these oppressive inherited stories, we then transition directly into the body, deploying quantum reiki, breathwork, and chakra balancing to physically discharge stored trauma, alleviate chronic anxiety and stress, and return your nervous system to a state of calm alignment.

Healing is not about forcing yourself into a conventional box; it is about safely unpacking the burdens you were handed so you can step into your authentic, grounded self. Whether you are untangling intergenerational loops, navigating your gender evolution, or seeking to ground an intense spiritual awakening into daily reality, I am here to walk alongside you. Reach out today to schedule a consultation at Freesia, and let's move you out of survival mode and into true, embodied alignment.

¡Hablo español!