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¡Hola y Bienvenidos!

Like the cempasúchil that lights the way for our ancestors, therapy can illuminate the path back to yourself.

Each petal carries memory, legacy, and hope, reminding us that healing is not about becoming someone new, but about remembering who you’ve always been.

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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Yajaira S. Curiel, Ph.D.

Work with a Therapist who gets it.

You don’t have to do this alone.

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I’m so glad you’re here.

This is a space where your story, your culture, and your resilience are honored. Therapy is not about fixing you, but about remembering your wholeness.

For generations, the nopal has carried both pain and nourishment. So do we.

In therapy, your wounds and your resilience walk together, reminding you that both are sacred.

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La Misión

Just as the bougainvillea blooms in vibrant color after weathering the elements, I believe each of us can find beauty in our growth.

Healing is not about erasing wounds, but about honoring both the scars and the strength they hold. My mission is to walk alongside individuals, couples, and families as they navigate the complexity of life, love, and identity.

As a first-generation Chicana, bilingual and bicultural, I am committed to creating a therapeutic space that is culturally conscious, affirming, and rooted in resilience. By weaving culture, legacy, and lived experience into the therapeutic process, I seek to help you reconnect with your wholeness, nurture meaningful relationships, and flourish with abundance, peace, and vitality.

This is your sign to start your healing journey

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This is your sign to start your healing journey ·

How I Can Support Your Journey

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Individual | Couples | Family Therapy

Therapy Intensives

Clinical Case Consultations

Self of the Therapist Process Groups

In Their Own Words

  • Working with Dra. Curiel is simultaneously to be held in the warm embrace of being seen and understood, while being challenged to grow past old patterns, ways of thinking and cycles of feeling stuck. Dra. Curiel fosters growth by encouraging her clients to take new emotional risks through understanding your fears and underlying longings for connection. Navigating a major life transition in my relationship - pre-marriage - and across our Jewish and Hindu faiths, my relationship with my partner came out stronger, more connected and ready to step into a new chapter through our work with Dra. Curiel.

    Nicole

  • Dr. Yajaira Curiel is one of the most naturally gifted therapists that I had the opportunity to train. She is a compassionate listener who will provide you with the care you deserve. Dr. Curiel has the utmost professionalism and integrity and respects all people from all backgrounds. She is definitely the therapist I’d recommend to my own family.

    Marlene F Watson, PhD, LMFT
    Former Chair of Couple and Family Therapy 
    Drexel University

  • What I believe was a chance encounter turned out to be one of the most meaningful relationships in my life. My interview for the Marriage and Family Therapy program was with Dra. Yajaira Curiel—and from that first conversation, something just felt different. I had no idea then that I’d have the privilege of learning from her and being mentored by her throughout my time in the program. Being mentored by Dra. Curiel has been truly transformative. She has a rare gift of really seeing you—your potential, your blind spots, your voice—and she challenges you in ways that feel both grounding and expansive. Her tenacity, warmth, and deep belief in her students have shaped not only how I show up as a clinician, but also as a person. She’s been a guiding light for me, and I know I’m not alone in that

    Madeline