Systemic family therapy
Redefine your family relationships.
Find and amplify new answers to persistent problems.
Relational approach · Nápoles, Mexico City & online
Who it's for
Is this therapy right for your family?
It's for you if...
There is a recurring conflict between family members.
You are going through a difficult transition: separations, the arrival of a new member, migration or losses.
A family member is in crisis — anxiety, depression, risky behaviors — and the family wants new ways to support them.
You want to support a teenage son or daughter while also better understanding your role as parents.
The couple wants to work as a parenting team, following up on couples therapy.
It's not for you if...
There is active, structural domestic violence. In those cases I'll point you to the right resource.
You are looking to replace psychiatric care. I can work in parallel from the family system perspective when appropriate.
The process
Rhythm, depth and method
We work as a team and with the family as a system, not as isolated individuals. The focus of each session is on interactions: rather than individual narratives, we look at how you listen to each other, how you respond, what patterns repeat across generations and what beliefs drive these cycles.
We seek to understand how the system works and what is sustaining the pain, conflict or disconnection. From there we build a shared map: gradually we identify where the knots worth untangling are, and we open space for the family's own resources to emerge with new solutions.
Sessions take place in person at Inessentia (Col. Nápoles) and at Instituto Crisol (Col. San Pedro de los Pinos), or by video call. We define the frequency based on the urgency and stage of the process.
How long does it usually take? Ten years of my practice in numbers →
Evolution
What changes as the process unfolds
Conflict becomes information
Crises stop being merely a source of exhaustion and begin to reveal what the system needs. We listen to what the conflict is pointing at and seek an integrative vision among all family members.
Everyone finds their place
Systems in conflict have fixed roles: the one who always explodes, the one who always gives in, the one who becomes invisible. When the system can see its own interactional pattern, possibilities for change begin to emerge.
Learning to repair
Every family goes through moments of rupture. What sets a healthy system apart is not the absence of conflict — it is the capacity to repair. That is what we build together.
Your first session
Step by step
One family member reaches out via WhatsApp. We clarify any questions about scheduling and payment. Confirmation 48 hours in advance.
The first session is an exploratory conversation: I listen to each person from their perspective and together we begin to build a clearer map of what is happening.
We define the rhythm, who participates in each session — sometimes I work with subsystems: only the parents, only the children — and the goals of the process.
We review progress regularly against the goals we agreed on.
Testimonial
While our relationship was generally good, it now has a beautiful openness. Navigating the crises of adolescence with you guiding us has been one of the most beautiful processes we have ever experienced.
Paloma Tovar
Approaches
How I work in session
Systemic Family Therapy
It observes the system's interactions — how members communicate, how hierarchies form, what patterns repeat across generations — to identify what is sustaining the conflict or disconnection. It integrates tools from various postmodern models.
Somatic Experiencing (SE)
Each family member's bodily responses are part of the family dynamic. Tracking those responses in session allows us to work at layers that conversation alone cannot reach, facilitating self-regulation in high-tension processes.
Occasionally we hold sessions with my therapeutic supervision team at Instituto Crisol (San Pedro de los Pinos).