Hi there. I’m Anabella.

This is my story.

I was born in Argentina and immigrated with my family to Newark, New Jersey, navigating life without generational wealth or established community support. While my parents were loving and grounded us in enduring values, I also grew up amid divorce, incarceration of loved ones, harmful substance use patterns and chronic stress. These experiences shaped my early awareness of social injustice, resilience, and the deep human need for belonging.

Much like my hard-working family and neighbors, I was devoted to making the best out of my circumstances.

I was fueled by the hustle.

I took on several part-time jobs, filling in my evenings and weekends in the service industry aside from being a full-time student working to keep critical scholarship assistance. I also partied hard, and I justified it as “balance”. Student loans helped me to pursue my dream of having quality education. But the hustle was not sustainable, and it took a toll on my health and relationships.

Studying Psychology didn’t mean I would figure out how to stay centered during and after college. The education system failed to address the burnout that is common in the helping professions. I needed to find out how to stay grounded.

My personal healing journey became a big part of my approach to caring for others.

I became motivated to understand my inner world and the patterns shaping my life.

I began questioning what I was numbing, why I kept losing myself in painful relationships, and how I might relate to myself differently. I committed to looking inward as deeply as I sought external support and connection. I invested all I could into myself.

This work continues. With the steadiness that has come from deep healing, I bring renewed presence and commitment to my clients and communities. I volunteer for an NGO in Argentina and with a local mutual aid organization in Brooklyn, guided by values of care, interdependence, and repair. While life continues to present challenges, the ways I meet them have fundamentally changed.

I have found that healing is possible through an integrated approach - talk therapy, movement, bodywork, and a sustained practice of staying connected to what feels true.

I’m dedicated to helping you do the same.

Experiences that have shaped me, how I work, and how I relate:

  • Spiritual seeker, raised in a secular household

  • Immigrant, Native Spanish Speaker, Third-Culture Kid

  • Cisgender woman

  • Queer

  • Early childhood trauma survivor

  • Sex worker allied, sex-positive

  • Latine of mixed descent, presenting as racially/culturally ambiguous

  • Able-bodied, experience with chronic pain and neurodivergence

  • Grew up in a household impacted by addiction and severe mental health struggles