Dr. Aire Mitchell Somoza

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I am honored to accompany you on your journey toward authentic, compassionate, and loving connection with yourself and with others.

Me siento honrade de acompañarle en su camino hacia una conexión auténtica y compasiva con usted misme y con los demás

As a clinical psychologist and sex therapist, Aire works with individuals, partners, and polyamorous configurations of all kinds, and is passionate about healing from the impact of oppressive systems. Aire meets you in the present moment, whether you are navigating complex trauma, gender or sexual identity exploration, neurodivergence, or struggling with the impact of grief, shame, or disconnection. They support partners in bridging different lived experiences and histories, offering pathways toward connection and understanding. Viewing therapy as a collaborative process, Aire incorporates a non-pathologizing, intersectional, and anti-oppressive approach to compassionate care.

Aire believes that each person is the expert on their own experience. Their therapeutic philosophy is foundationally humanistic while incorporating relational psychodynamic, emotion-focused, and acceptance-based approaches. Through this stance, Aire seeks to accompany you on your journey toward an authentic, compassionate, and loving connection with yourself and with others. Aire maintains a systemic approach that values all aspects of your identity and cultural context. Their practice is rooted in harm reduction, cultural humility, sex/kink positivity, body neutrality, and is affirming of non-monogamous and polyamorous relationships.

Sitting with Aire feels grounding and affirming. They seek to cultivate a warm, collaborative, authentic space in which individuals and partners can take risks with each other, and experiment with new ways of relating. Aire is an advanced Spanish-speaker, and offers services in both Spanish and English. They bring an understanding of bicultural identity, helping individuals and partners navigate the complexities of belonging and different cultural expectations. Through compassion and curiosity, Aire helps to breathe life and connection back into what might feel stuck or hopeless.

Como psicólogue clínique y terapeuta sexual, Aire trabaja con individuos, parejas, y relaciones poliamorosas de todo tipo, y está profundamente dedicade con la sanación del impacto de los sistemas opresivos. Aire te acompaña en el momento presente, ya sea que estés navegando trauma complejo, explorando tu identidad de género o sexual, viviendo neurodivergencia, o enfrentando el impacto del duelo profundo, la vergüenza, o la desconexión. También apoya a parejas en la construcción de puentes entre experiencias vividas e historias personales, ofreciendo caminos hacia la conexión y la comprensión, entendiendo la terapia como un proceso colaborativo. Aire incorpora un enfoque no patologizante, interseccional, y antiopresivo en el cuidado terapéutico compasivo.

Aire cree que cada persona es experta en su propia experiencia. Su filosofía terapéutica es humanista, e integra enfoques psicodinámicos relacionales, centrados en la emoción, y basados en la aceptación. Desde esta postura, Aire busca acompañarte en tu proceso hacia una conexión auténtica, compasiva, y amorosa contigo misme y con los demás. Aire mantiene un enfoque sistémico que valora todos los aspectos de la identidad y el contexto cultural de cada persona. Su práctica está basada en la reducción de daños, la humildad cultural, la positividad hacia la sexualidad y el kink, la neutralidad corporal, y la afirmación de relaciones no-monógamas y poliamorosas.

El trabajo de Aire busca cultivar un espacio cálido, colaborativo, y auténtico, en el que individuos y parejas pueden tomar riesgos entre sí y explorar nuevas formas de relacionarse. Aire tiene un nivel avanzado de español y ofrece servicios en español y en inglés. Aporta una comprensión de la identidad bicultural, ayudando a individuos y parejas a navegar las complejidades de la pertenencia y distintas expectativas culturales. A través de la compasión y la curiosidad, Aire ayuda a devolver vida y conexión a aquello que puede sentirse estancado o sin esperanza.

I live by the philosophy that

our struggles and our liberation are all connected.

Vivo bajo la filosofía de que

nuestras luchas y nuestra liberación están todas conectadas.

I could spend every day

under the sun with my loved ones.

Me pasaría la vida

bajo el sol con mis querides.

As a therapist, I

approach my work with intention and thoughtfulness, in support of collaboration, respect, and honoring your full personhood.

En mi trabajo,

busco aportar intención y reflexión, en apoyo a la colaboración, el respeto, y el honrar de su humanidad.

Credentials

Psy.D. Clinical Psychology, Widener University

M.Ed. Human Sexuality Studies, Widener University

B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Specialties

Fees

Supervised by Jensine Sneeden, Psy.D.

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March always feels like a threshold more than a beginning, a quiet crossing where the light shifts just enough to reveal what has been sitting, undisturbed, in the corners of our lives. Not dramatically, not all at once, but gradually, almost imperceptibly, until one day you realize you can see more clearly than you could just a few weeks before.

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