Veronica Mendez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW, 98809) in California who has spent the past seven years in service of children, young adults, and their families across community and school settings.

She specializes in treating the child-parent relationship and working with adolescent and young adults in areas of life transitions, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, self-esteem challenges, and trauma. She is a bilingual (Spanish & English) therapist with a multicultural background.

Veronica has extensive experience offering social-emotional and trauma-informed support to communities and agencies via consultations and workshops.

Veronica graduated from Northwestern University and holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California.

At times, we all struggle to cope with transitions, relationships, anxiety, and depression– it takes courage to take a look inside yourself and make changes. My therapeutic focus is on supporting clients in cultivating a kind, curious awareness, so that they feel empowered in healing old patterns, emotional wounds, and overwhelming experiences.

My approach is grounded in growing clients’ reflective capacity—the ability to reflect on and understand our experiences. With reflective capacity, we gain the ability to transform our actions and relationships by slowing down and observing our thoughts, reactions, and projections in a nonjudgmental way.

Enhancing our reflective capacity improves wellbeing, mental health, and relationships. Across my work as a therapist and trainer, I strive to create a supportive and compassionate environment that promotes this reflective growth within individuals and groups.