Authentic Growth Counseling LLC | Trauma-Informed Therapy in Miami

The Clinicians Behind Authentic Growth Counseling‍ ‍

Our clinicians bring diverse training, lived experience, and specialized expertise. united by a shared commitment to thoughtful, culturally responsive care.

Learn more about each therapist below to discover who feels ALIGNED with your journey.

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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 & Family Therapy
- Albizu University: Bachelor's of Science in Psychology with a concentration in Forensic Psychology
English & Spanish speaking.

Founder. Clinical Director. Qualified Supervisor. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Yesenia Delgado

Dr. Stephanie Stillman

Licensed Psychologist. Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.)

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
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 speaking.
- Stephanie currently provides ESA evaluations and letters. Additional consultation and accommodation services may be added in the future.
- Stephanie also offers specialized support services including:
- Parent coaching (with or without child participation)
- Executive functioning and study skills coaching for children and college students
- EPPP tutoring and exam preparation support
- Skills-based support groups focused on self-care, boundaries, and professional wellness
- Group offerings may expand based on interest and community need.

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Brooke Grossfeld

Licensed Mental Health Counselor & Marriage and family Therapist. Registered Yoga teacher.

Brooke is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Marriage & Family Therapist who works with teens, adults, and couples navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, and personal growth.
Many of her clients are insightful, driven individuals who appear high-functioning on the outside yet feel stuck, disconnected, or uncertain about their next step. Others seek therapy when their usual coping strategies are no longer working and they know something needs to shift.
Brooke’s approach is holistic and collaborative. She integrates family systems, CBT, solution-focused, narrative, mindfulness, and somatic techniques to help clients gain clarity, relief, and meaningful forward movement.
• High-achieving adults experiencing burnout or feeling stuck
• Life transitions and identity shifts
• Relationship and communication challenges
• Teens navigating academic or social pressure
• Individuals seeking structured, goal-oriented therapy
• Clients who want practical tools and between-session work
- Barry University: Master’s in Mental Health Counseling
- Florida State University: Bachelor of Science in Biology
English speaking.

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Nathalia Wiggins

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Nathalia Andrade Wiggins is a bilingual (English/Spanish) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in supporting individuals navigating anxiety, ADHD, life transitions, and relationship challenges.
She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and the Gottman Method, allowing her to integrate both trauma-informed care and evidence-based relationship work into her practice. Nathalia also brings a unique background in education and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), helping clients create meaningful, practical behavioral changes in their daily lives.
Nathalia’s approach is warm, direct, and growth-focused. She works collaboratively with clients to explore patterns, strengthen emotional awareness, and build tools that lead to lasting change. She is especially passionate about creating a supportive space for identity exploration and personal development.
- Anxiety
- ADHD
- Life Transitions
- Relationship & Couples Concerns
- Identity Exploration
- Parenting & Developmental Support
- EMDR (Trauma Processing)
- Gottman Method (Couples Therapy)
- Behavioral Interventions (ABA-informed)
- Nova Southeastern University: Master’s in Marriage & Family Therapy, Fort Lauderdale, FL — June 2015
- Florida International University: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Minor in Education, Miami, FL — December 2011
English & Spanish speaking.

Martina Gonzalez

Registered Mental Health Counselor-I

Martina is a bilingual Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern who provides warm, trauma-informed therapy in English and Spanish. She supports adolescents, young adults, and adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and immigration-related stress.
Martina believes healing begins with feeling safe, heard, and understood. Her collaborative and culturally responsive approach blends CBT, mindfulness, person-centered therapy, psychoeducation, and strengths-based interventions tailored to each client’s needs. Clients can expect a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where they can build resilience, develop practical coping skills, and move toward meaningful, lasting growth.
- Trauma and trauma recovery
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Life transitions
- Immigration-related stress
- Adolescent and young-adult concerns
- Spanish-speaking and bilingual clients
- Master of Science in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
  Barry University — Miami Shores, FL
  2023–2025
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
  Florida International University — Miami, FL
  2021–2023
• Spanish
- English

Dr. Irma Rivera

Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.)

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
- Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD)
  Carlos Albizu University — San Juan, Puerto Rico
  2002
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
  University of Puerto Rico
  1995
Spanish & English Speaking.

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Ali

Ali is a six-year-old Blue Merle Australian Shepherd and the heart behind the calm energy at Authentic Growth Counseling.
Originally a little gypsy soul, Ali has moved alongside her mom from Las Vegas to Connecticut, back to Vegas, and now calls Miami home. As a working-breed dog living in the city, she has gracefully shifted her role — from herding to heart-holding.
She brings warmth, presence, and a grounding energy into the office space. Equal parts sassy and sweet, Ali takes her job seriously: receiving affection, offering quiet companionship, and reminding everyone to pause and breathe.
She especially loves being part of the process, whether that means resting nearby during sessions or offering a gentle nudge when someone needs a little extra comfort.
Ali’s presence in sessions is always optional and based on client comfort. While she is not a certified service animal, she is a certified emotional animal and is deeply attuned and enjoys offering quiet companionship when welcomed.
• Emotional grounding
• Gentle companionship during sessions
• Deep Pressure Therapy–inspired comfort (loves to lean and cuddle)
• Anxiety soothing presence
• Encouraging regulation through touch and proximity
• Office morale management
(Ali is a certified emotional support animal, not a certified service animal, but she is deeply attuned to emotional shifts and enjoys offering comfort when welcomed.)
• Woof
• Good Girl
• Soft eye contact
• Tail-less wags

Emotional Support Animal

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Regina Rojas

Registered Mental Health Counselor-I

Regina offers a warm, collaborative, and grounded therapeutic presence where clients feel respected, heard, and safe to explore their experiences openly. She works with individuals who are seeking deeper self-understanding and are ready to make intentional, meaningful changes in their lives.
Many of her clients come to therapy wanting greater clarity, emotional balance, and a stronger sense of direction as they navigate personal growth and life transitions.
Regina supports individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, grief and loss, and significant or unexpected changes. She practices from a relational and culturally responsive lens, recognizing the impact of family systems, identity, and cultural context on overall well-being.
Her approach integrates Person-Centered Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based practices. She works from a strengths-based perspective, helping clients build resilience, cultivate insight, and develop sustainable coping skills rooted in authenticity.
• Anxiety and depression
• Life transitions and identity development
• Grief and loss, including ambiguous or unexpected loss
• Interpersonal conflict and boundary-setting
• Burnout, academic stress, and family-related pressure
• Strengthening self-trust and reconnecting with authentic identity
- Florida International University: Master of Science in Counselor Education (Clinical Mental Health Counseling)
- Florida International University: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
English & “Spanglish” speaking.

Isabel Porto

Isabel believes healing happens in spaces where people feel safe, understood, and accepted without judgment. Her approach is collaborative and integrative, drawing from psychodynamic, person-centered, DBT, existential, and family systems frameworks.
She works with individuals navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, life transitions, adjustment difficulties, and fertility or perinatal mood concerns. Isabel is attentive to how past experiences and relational patterns shape the present, supporting clients in developing insight, emotional regulation, resilience, and self-compassion.
Therapy with Isabel moves at your pace, offering a thoughtful and supportive space to explore your experiences, reconnect with your strengths, and create meaningful, lasting change. She provides therapy in both English and Spanish.
• Anxiety and depression
• Trauma and relational patterns
• Life transitions and adjustment difficulties
• Fertility challenges and perinatal mood concerns
• Relationship stress and identity shifts
• Clients seeking insight-oriented, emotionally attuned therapy
• Spanish-speaking individuals and families
- Nova Southeastern University: Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Ohio University: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
English & Spanish speaking.

Registered Mental Health Counselor-I

Mariana Furtado

Registered Marriage and Family Therapist-I

Mariana Furtado works with children, adolescents, adults, and families. She helps clients understand how past experiences, family dynamics, and relationship patterns may shape the way they think, feel, and connect in the present.
With more than 2,000 hours of supervised clinical experience across community mental health and private practice settings, Mariana brings experience supporting clients through relational challenges, attachment concerns, emotional regulation difficulties, executive functioning challenges, and life transitions. Her systemic approach looks beyond individual symptoms to understand the relationships, environments, and lived experiences surrounding each person.
Mariana integrates Family Systems Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, trauma informed care, and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy based on each client’s needs. Her style is warm, collaborative, and down to earth. She offers a space where clients can speak openly, feel understood, explore what may be keeping them stuck, and develop practical ways to create healthier relationships, greater balance, and a life that feels more like their own.
• Relationship and family dynamics
• Attachment and relational patterns
• Emotional regulation and behavioral concerns
• Trauma and trauma related concerns
• Life transitions and personal growth
• Executive functioning and coping skills
• Boundaries and self understanding
• Children, adolescents, adults, and families
• Barry University: Master of Science in Counseling, Specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy, 2025
• Albizu University: Bachelor of Science in Psychology, 2021
• Palm Beach State College: Associate of Arts in Psychology, 2019
- Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Collaborative Psychiatric Care

Dr. Alberto Oyaga - Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, APRN, PMHNP

At Authentic Growth Counseling, we believe mental health care is often most effective when providers work together. We collaborate with Dr. Alberto Oyaga, DNP, APRN, PMHNP, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner serving the Miami community, to help clients access thoughtful and individualized psychiatric medication management when appropriate.

Dr. Oyaga takes a collaborative, whole-person approach to psychiatric care, with an emphasis on understanding each client beyond their symptoms. His areas of focus include depression, anxiety, mood disorders, bipolar disorder, ADHD, OCD, psychosis, and medication management. He provides care to children, adolescents, adults, and older adults and offers services in both English and Spanish, virtually and in person.

When a shared client is receiving both therapy through Authentic Growth Counseling and psychiatric services with Dr. Oyaga, our providers can collaborate with the client’s authorization to support continuity of care and a more integrated treatment experience. To learn more or schedule with Dr. Oyaga: (786) 968-4171