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Let Me Introduce You to Clara
Clara Magallanes, M.Ed., LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, author, presenter, speaker, and bilingual clinician with more than 25 years of experience supporting healing, learning, and emotional well-being across cultures and systems of care. Her multidisciplinary background includes work as a medical doctor in Mexico, a special education teacher, assistant principal, and school-based counselor, all of which deeply inform her compassionate and culturally responsive approach to therapy and education.
Clara provides trauma-informed therapy to children, adolescents, adults, and families in both English and Spanish. She is trained in EMDR, Brainspotting (Phases 1 & 2), AutPlay Therapy, play therapy, and sandtray therapy. She integrates expressive, play-based, somatic, and parts-work-informed approaches to support emotional healing and nervous system regulation. Clara also incorporates expressive arts and gentle sound-based practices to enhance relaxation, creativity, and emotional connection.
As a Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler’s program and a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader (CLYL), Clara brings warmth, creativity, and relational care into her work with individuals, groups, and families navigating trauma, grief, emotional dysregulation, life transitions, and complex emotional experiences.
Clara is especially passionate about storytelling, bibliotherapy, expressive arts, and relational healing practices as pathways for meaning-making, resilience, and transformation. As the author of Oona Luna Petunia Finds Her Braveand By the Things We Love, she uses story and imagination to help children and adults reconnect with their strengths, inner wisdom, and capacity for healing.
Her work centers on creating culturally responsive, relational spaces where clients can safely explore their inner world through play, creativity, and authentic connection.
To Learn More from Clara
Here are just a few of the ways Clara supports healing, connection, and growth:
Provides trauma-informed therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families
Integrates EMDR, Brainspotting, play therapy, sandtray therapy, expressive arts, and somatic approaches
Uses storytelling and bibliotherapy as therapeutic tools for healing and meaning-making
Brings over 25 years of experience as a healer, educator, and mental health professional
Creates culturally responsive and relational spaces that foster resilience, creativity, and connection
Connect with Clara
Website: www.claramagallanes.com
Instagram: @claraomagallanes
Facebook: @claraomagallanes
TikTok: @claraomagallanes
YouTube: @claraomagallanes
Let Me Introduce You to Clara
Clara Magallanes, M.Ed., LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, author, presenter, speaker, and bilingual clinician with more than 25 years of experience supporting healing, learning, and emotional well-being across cultures and systems of care. Her multidisciplinary background includes work as a medical doctor in Mexico, a special education teacher, assistant principal, and school-based counselor, all of which deeply inform her compassionate and culturally responsive approach to therapy and education.
Clara provides trauma-informed therapy to children, adolescents, adults, and families in both English and Spanish. She is trained in EMDR, Brainspotting (Phases 1 & 2), AutPlay Therapy, play therapy, and sandtray therapy. She integrates expressive, play-based, somatic, and parts-work-informed approaches to support emotional healing and nervous system regulation. Clara also incorporates expressive arts and gentle sound-based practices to enhance relaxation, creativity, and emotional connection.
As a Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler’s program and a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader (CLYL), Clara brings warmth, creativity, and relational care into her work with individuals, groups, and families navigating trauma, grief, emotional dysregulation, life transitions, and complex emotional experiences.
Clara is especially passionate about storytelling, bibliotherapy, expressive arts, and relational healing practices as pathways for meaning-making, resilience, and transformation. As the author of Oona Luna Petunia Finds Her Braveand By the Things We Love, she uses story and imagination to help children and adults reconnect with their strengths, inner wisdom, and capacity for healing.
Her work centers on creating culturally responsive, relational spaces where clients can safely explore their inner world through play, creativity, and authentic connection.
To Learn More from Clara
Here are just a few of the ways Clara supports healing, connection, and growth:
Provides trauma-informed therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families
Integrates EMDR, Brainspotting, play therapy, sandtray therapy, expressive arts, and somatic approaches
Uses storytelling and bibliotherapy as therapeutic tools for healing and meaning-making
Brings over 25 years of experience as a healer, educator, and mental health professional
Creates culturally responsive and relational spaces that foster resilience, creativity, and connection
Connect with Clara
Website: www.claramagallanes.com
Instagram: @claraomagallanes
Facebook: @claraomagallanes
TikTok: @claraomagallanes
YouTube: @claraomagallanes
