Sheila Martínez

Associate Therapist

• Bachelor of Clinical Psychology, University UTE
• Specialized in Financial Welfare, Coaching Essentials and Practitioner of NLP
• Certified by the International Society of Neuro-Semantics

Adults

Her therapeutic work consists of accompanying patients who need support to improve their relationship with money, optimize the use of resources, have the funds that allow them to achieve their goals, organize themselves and integrate the changes they want in their lives. She is a personal financial well-being coach and creator of the support system "Balancing Your Finance and Emotions", a psychoeducational method that integrates emotions to achieve effective and sustainable results, with which she supports people to achieve financial stability, by managing to:

• – Cultivate a healthy emotional relationship with money
• – Eliminate toxic debts
• – Develop sustainable savings
• – Use credit in their favor

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Soraya Febles

• Master’s Degree in Family and Couples Therapy, Institute of Human Sexuality (UASD)
• Certification in Couples Therapy, Capella University, Minnesota, USA
• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, Universidad de la Tercera Edad (UTE)
• Internationally Certified Addiction Therapist (ICADC-II, IC&RC – USA)
• Trained in the Gottman Method for Couples Therapy
• Specialist in Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Substance Use Disorders
• Specialist in Relapse Prevention
• Motivational Interviewing and Psychometric Assessment

Soraya Febles is a clinical psychologist with a strong background in therapeutic approaches to addiction, emotional bonding, and dysfunctional patterns in couples and family relationships. She has worked extensively in clinical settings in both the United States and the Dominican Republic, supporting adults, adolescents, and families through recovery processes, emotional trauma, codependency, domestic violence, and anger management.

Her practice is grounded in an integrative model supported by scientific evidence, incorporating elements of systemic therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and specialized addiction treatment models. She designs personalized interventions that foster emotional awareness, healthy boundaries, self-esteem building, and the development of secure attachments.

She offers individual, couples, and family therapy, and has a particular sensitivity for working with individuals in transition who are seeking greater clarity, connection, and balance in their lives.

Areas of Therapeutic Support:

•  Recovery processes for chemical and behavioral addictions, with an emphasis on the treatment of alcoholism, opioid addiction (including MAT – Medication-Assisted Treatment), dependence on illicit substances, and compulsive behaviors related to relationships, sex, or screen use.
• Couples therapy when one or both partners are struggling with substance use disorders, focused on rebuilding the bond,
setting healthy boundaries, addressing denial, and interrupting rescue dynamics.
• Emotional codependency, support for family members of individuals with addiction, and identity reconstruction beyond
the “caretaker” or “savior” role.
• Discernment Therapy (Couples). Designed for couples facing serious relationship crises, where one partner is
considering separation or divorce.
• Emotional dependency, infidelity, communication issues, and toxic relationship patterns.
• Grief processes, separation, or family conflicts.
• Her commitment is to provide a safe, ethical, and compassionate space where each person can make decisions aligned with their emotional well-being and life purpose.

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Tahirí Calderón

Associate Therapist

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude of a bachelor in Psychology from the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo
• Master in Cognitive Behavioral Sciences from the Université Catholique de Louvain la Neuve (UCL) in Belgium
• Master in Family and Systemic Therapy from the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo in collaboration with the Université Catholique de Louvain la Neuve (UCL). Participant of the Pre Router Program for Jungian analysis, Centro Jung Santo Domingo

Adults, Family and Couples

With over 15 years in private practice, she approaches cases from a humanistic perspective, understanding that the therapeutic relationship is the driving force behind any psychotherapeutic support process.

Gender issues, particularly dysfunctional dynamics based on gender, have been a significant part of her work, supporting women in individual therapy and guiding mutual support groups to address these topics.

Depth psychology, which invites us to look beyond the symptom, is the foundation of the processes she facilitates, incorporating different ways of approaching this privileged content.

In her practice she addresses gender violence, trauma, personality, emotion management, boundaries, identity, depression and anxiety

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Zelided Ruiz de Melgen

Psychologist specialized in the emotional and behavioral management of children, adolescents, adults, and families, with over 25 years of experience in both clinical and educational settings.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in School Psychology from the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU). She also earned a Master’s degree in Systems Intervention in Family Therapy from the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), with a dual degree from the University of Leuven.

Her therapeutic approach is deeply grounded in Systemic Family Therapy, through which she understands the individual within their relational context. She conceives the family as an interconnected system, where each member both influences and is influenced by others, and where processes of change are constructed collaboratively.

Due to her family background, she has worked in the child and adolescent field since the beginning of her career, actively integrating parents and the family system as a central component of the therapeutic process.

Areas of Expertise

• Systemic Family Therapy as the foundation of the therapeutic process
• Emotional and behavioral management in children, adolescents, and adults
• Parent-focused intervention as agents of change
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) from a family systems perspective
• Childhood and adolescent anxiety and depression
• Emotional instability in children, adolescents, and adults
• Bullying and its impact on family dynamics
• Strengthening emotional bonds and promoting healthy family relationships

“Within the family, everyone is part of the problem, but also part of the solution.”

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