You’re going through the motions—day after day—without joy, without a sense of purpose. You feel disconnected from your creativity, from yourself, and from meaningful relationships.
You are highly sensitive, emotionally aware, passionate, and deeply devoted. These qualities make you an incredible friend, partner, and professional. And yet, relationships and work feel painfully hard. You often put others’ needs before your own. You struggle with self-doubt. Early experiences of rejection or bullying may have shaped a lingering social anxiety.
As a child, your caregivers may have been overwhelmed or unavailable for you. You learned to make yourself small. To stay quiet. To adapt.
You have felt driven to overwork or prove yourself in order to feel worthy. You’re hard on yourself and never feel good enough. After years of vicious cycles, systems of oppression, the pandemic, and the Trumpocalypse, your nervous system is overwhelmed. You feel stuck. The things that brought you joy-creative expression, community, connection-now feel out of reach.
You don’t have to stay stuck
I am Rosina Roibal, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), based in Berkeley, CA. I help sensitive creatives gently untangle from the past—especially the internalized beliefs that keep you feeling small—through the nervous system, creativity, the body, and acceptance. I am client-centered, therapist-led. And, I lead with love.
Together, we connect to feelings, with compassion and courage. Many of our current struggles are rooted in unmet emotional needs from childhood and from living in an oppressive society. In our work, we slow down and learn what your needs are—and how to meet them.
In therapy jargon: My approach is client-centered and therapist-led, and is strength-based, attachment-based, trauma-informed, systemic, experiential, and psychodynamic. I use narrative therapy, mindfulness, somatics, expressive arts, parts work, EMDR, and liberation psychology.
Through our work together, you could experience:
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Greater motivation, creativity, and aliveness
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Momentum with your creative practice and a sense of purpose
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A calmer nervous system and deeper self-connection
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Increased self-acceptance and self-love
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A stronger sense of agency and empowerment
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Healthier, more nourishing relationships
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A sense of belonging and community
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The freedom to take up space and be yourself
You deserve a life where your sensitivity is honored, your creativity flows, and you are met with care—by others and by yourself.
