Dr. Sibella Salazar , NM Psychologist PSY1700

Dr. Sibella Salazar is a New Mexico psychologist with eight years of clinical experience. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns. Dr. Salazar emphasizes respectful, culturally aware care and centers clients' stories in the work.

She spent two years at a community clinic in Minneapolis working closely with Indigenous communities. There she focused on complex and historical trauma, intergenerational effects, sociocultural stressors, and challenges related to separation from primary caretakers. That experience informs how she attends to cultural and systemic influences in therapy.

Her approach is warm and relational. She relies on narrative therapy as a base and draws on techniques from other evidence-based models to match each person's needs. Sessions often involve talking through life events, identifying unhelpful patterns, and trying practical strategies to change daily routines and thoughts.

Dr. Salazar describes Indigenous Ways of Knowing as important to her perspective. That worldview guides how she blends methods and honors clients' cultural backgrounds. She pays attention to where a person's difficulties sit in the context of family history and social pressures.

People who want a therapist who listens closely and collaborates on goals may find her style helpful. She supports work on self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, sleep difficulties, parenting stress, career questions, and coping with life changes. The focus is on creating a livable story of resilience and steady progress.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Dr. Salazar uses narrative therapy, which focuses on the stories people tell about their lives and how those stories shape feelings and behavior. This approach helps when someone wants to reconnect a sense of identity, reframe painful events, or build a more empowering personal narrative.

She also draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and routines. These tools are practical for anxiety, sleep problems, and managing day-to-day stress. Mindfulness-based practices are used at times to help people notice patterns, reduce reactivity, and strengthen coping skills.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then tailor methods over time to suit those needs.

Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more accessible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and ongoing text messaging supports between-session connection and reflection. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or other commitments and provide multiple ways to stay engaged with therapy.