We recently connected with Alecxia Ceballos and have shared our conversation below.
Alecxia , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?
This topic makes me feel emotional because I’ve never let anyone, or anything stop me despite my timid personality. I was placed in a box way before I was born. The world wants people like us to fail. I recognize that my light complexion has gotten me places and recognize the privilege I received because the color of my skin. I don’t mean to get deep but becoming an entrepreneur and opening my online practice this year opened a door to unknown freedom I’ve never embraced before. And with this freedom came using my voice, creativity, and identity outside of the mold of what it means to be Latina. Naturally I’m supposed to mean a lot of things to many people but in this space I’m allowed to be whoever I want to be while embracing my Latinidad. I’m willing to take this risk because the impact I’m making goes beyond MYSELF.
Alecxia , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I’m really bad at talking about myself. So i’ll describe myself in three words: I’m relentless, creative, and ambitious. I first got into the field when I accidently applied for the clinical mental health counseling program. I was thinking I was applying for the clinical psychology program but oops.. I had made a mistake. Once I got exposed to the world of mental health, there was no turning back. It was always a goal of mine to open my own private practice but didn’t know exactly when that would be. It was around October 2021 when I set 3 intentions and wrote them with black marker on my bathroom mirror. I wrote, “in 6 months I will open my online practice” and that is exactly what I did. I provide online therapy services for women in Texas. I help women create fulfilling relationships. I started my practice to educate, inspire, and help women find their power by creating relationships they want…starting with themselves. What does this mean? The majority of women I work with come with a history of trauma and have developed an identity enmeshed within the family system. The women I help have been conditioned to attend to others while abandoning their own needs. Their self-worth is dependent on what they can do for others. This conditioning manifests in many ways in relationships such as tying your self-worth to relationships or to the extreme of never getting too close for fear of abandonment. Through healing, women are more fulfilled by recognizing their own self-worth and embracing wholeness without the approval of others. What I’m most proud of are the women I’ve helped in the past year. It’s an honor to see what healing can do in a person’s life.
Training and knowledge matter of course, but beyond that what do you think matters most in terms of succeeding in your field?
I think what is most helpful for succeeding in the field is to be yourself. When I first started in the field, I held on to this belief that we had to be stoic and expressionless as therapists. I’ve let go of this belief because the most success I’ve seen in clients is when I’ve been myself. I learned I can be professional even with my silly and forthcoming personality. Clients want someone to relate to, feel safe with, and trust.
If you could go back in time, do you think you would have chosen a different profession or specialty?
Hell yeah! I would choose the same profession all over again. I didn’t think I could become an entrepreneur and business woman as a therapist. This opportunity has opened doors not only to practice as a therapist but to my creativity and voice. I’ve slowly build my practice and continue to take on new clients. It hasn’t been easy.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://inerclaratherapy.com/
- Instagram: @inerclaratherapy