The clinicians behind Authentic Growth CounselingTherapists in Coral Gables, Miami, and online

Yesenia Delgado is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Qualified Supervisor, and Founder of Authentic Growth Counseling. She specializes in trauma informed, attachment focused, and relational therapy for adults and couples.

Yesenia works with complex and developmental trauma, sexual abuse, first responder stress, attachment wounds, and relational patterns that impact intimacy, identity, and emotional safety.

She integrates EMDR, nervous system regulation, systemic therapy, and sex therapy to support deep, embodied healing, helping clients move beyond survival patterns and into secure connection, self trust, and authentic expression.

• Complex, developmental, and relational trauma
• Sexual abuse and attachment wounds
• First responders and vicarious trauma
• EMDR for trauma processing
• Sex therapy and intimacy concerns
• Couples seeking emotional and sexual reconnection
• Nervous system dysregulation and chronic stress

• Nova Southeastern University: Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy (2026)
• Albizu University: Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy
• Albizu University: Bachelor of Science in Psychology, concentration in Forensic Psychology

• VoyageMia Interview
• YouTube: Understanding Latino Mental Health with Yesenia Delgado
• Journal of Systemic Therapies, Vol. 41, No. 2: Collaborative Documentation, Therapist Experiences in Jointly Writing Progress Notes

English and Spanish

Stephanie Stillman is a Licensed Psychologist who works with children, adolescents, and adults navigating life transitions, identity development, and emotional challenges. She supports clients in cultivating a deeper sense of belonging, self acceptance, and confidence in advocating for their needs.

With a doctorate in School Psychology, Stephanie brings specialized experience working with students and families. She partners with both parents and children to identify strengths, address challenges, and create practical strategies for growth across academic, social, and emotional domains.

Stephanie specializes in working with neurodivergent individuals, including those with Autism and ADHD, as well as clients navigating eating disorders, anxiety, depression, LGBTQ+ identity concerns, chronic guilt or shame, and school related stressors. She also supports parents seeking balance between caregiving responsibilities and their own personal and professional goals.

Her therapeutic approach is humanistic, relational, solution focused, and narrative in nature. Stephanie collaborates closely with clients to clarify their values, strengthen healthy boundaries, and build skills that foster independence and long term resilience. She integrates creative modalities such as art, writing, and music when clinically appropriate, drawing from her Master of Fine Arts in Writing and eight years of tutoring experience.

Stephanie brings warmth, compassion, and openness to each session, creating a space where clients feel understood, empowered, and capable of meaningful change.

• Autism and ADHD
• Parenting support
• LGBTQ+ affirming care
• Eating disorders
• Anxiety and depression
• Chronic guilt or shame
• School related challenges
• Executive functioning and study skills
• Couples therapy

Stephanie has experience working with OCD, PTSD, and substance use concerns and continues to pursue advanced training in these areas.

• Nova Southeastern University: Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in School Psychology
• Vermont College of Fine Arts: Master of Fine Arts in Writing
• Florida International University: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

English

Dr. Irma S. Rivera is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than two decades of experience providing psychological services to children, adolescents, adults, and families. She is licensed in both Florida and Puerto Rico and brings a compassionate, culturally responsive approach to her work.

Throughout her career, Dr. Rivera has worked across hospital, community, academic, addiction recovery, and private practice settings. She currently provides psychological services at the University Pediatric Hospital in Puerto Rico, supporting children and families coping with cancer diagnoses, serious illness, and the emotional impact of medical treatment and palliative care. She also works within an inpatient substance use treatment setting, providing individual and group therapy and recovery support to adults with co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns.

Her experience also includes psychological assessment, early childhood intervention, work with children with developmental and learning needs, parent and caregiver support, and supervision and training of psychology students. She previously served as a psychology student supervisor at Interamerican University in San Juan, where she supervised and evaluated clinicians in training providing therapy and psychological assessment services.

Dr. Rivera understands that therapy can be both a place of support and a space for meaningful change. Her work is grounded in meeting clients with empathy, respect, and an understanding of the cultural and family contexts that shape their experiences. She provides virtual services in Spanish and English, with a particular passion for increasing access to care for Spanish speaking clients and families.

• Anxiety and depression
• Life transitions and adjustment
• Grief and loss
• Chronic illness and medical related stress
• Coping with serious illness and caregiver stress
• Substance use and recovery
• Co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns
• Parenting and family support
• Child and adolescent mental health
• Early childhood and developmental concerns
• Emotional wellness and stress management

• Carlos Albizu University, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD), 2002
• University of Puerto Rico: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, 1995

Spanish and English, virtual