Hi, I’m Maria (she/her/siya).
I’m a first-generation queer, neurodivergent, Filipinx therapist practicing in California.
Are you a REBEL with BIG FEELINGS?
If you have been told you're “too much,” “too angry,” “too emotional,” or “too complicated,” welcome home.
You’re in the right place.
Feeling ready?
Therapy for rebels with big feelings *
Therapy for rebels with big feelings *
Your tenderness, your fury, your complexity…
all of you is welcome here.
At Rebel Roots Therapy, I don’t pathologize your pain.
I honor your story, your survival, your sexuality, and your sacred reclamation. If you live along the margins and crave a space where your shadow and your light are both welcome, thank you for being here. Together, we can unlearn systems that asked you to shrink - so you have space to bloom beautifully in your truth.
This is therapy for REBELS with BIG FEELINGS.
I work with individuals, couples, ENM constellations who are ready to look beneath the surface and people processing grief, shame, rage, identity, pleasure, and intimacy with courage and care.
My practice centers QTBIPOC clients and those living at the margins. But I also work with resourced clients, including white, wealthy, or high-profile folks who are doing the personal work to unlearn internalized supremacy, deconstruct harmful systems, and show up more fully in their relationships and lives.
If you have been told you’re “too much,” or if you’ve ever felt like other therapists “just won’t/don’t get it” - this is the space for you.
Who I Work With
I believe the rebels of the world also deserve a place in therapy.
I believe therapy should be a space of liberation, not assimilation into whatever the “norm” is.
I was drawn to this work because I know what it means to feel unseen, misdiagnosed, and told to shrink. I’ve felt the grief and shame of being told I was too angry, too emotional, too complicated, but then I learned to honor those very parts as sacred. Rebels need a space for therapy and healing too.
My practice is built for people people navigating complex identities, big emotions, and desiring to heal in ways that don’t require them to betray themselves. This work is my offering to the communities I belong to and a prayer for collective liberation.
Why I Do This Work
What Our Work Together Will Look Like
You: Bring your whole self. Even the messy, complicated, angry, scary parts of you. There is space for ALL of you here.
Therapy with me is collaborative, culturally-rooted, and deeply affirming. I’m not here to fix you. I’m here to walk beside you as you reclaim what’s been stolen, silenced, or shamed.
My work is deeply rooted in social justice, sex-positivity, the mind-body connection, and collective liberation. With these systemic intersections in mind, I understand that there is no "one-size fits all" for therapy, thus making sure your healing is tailored to you is of utmost importance.
Whether you're navigating pleasure, sex, shame, relationships, rage, grief, identity, or intimacy, I am ready to swim alongside you, no matter how turbulent the waters.
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Contact Maria
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