About Me
My name is Alex Sanchez.
I have had the privilege of working with individuals of all ages and backgrounds throughout my 10 years of experience in both ministry and counseling settings.
I have had a conviction for sometime that every person desires to be met with Mercy and Love. That as Henri Nouwen says, "Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually…The main question is not, 'How can we hide our wounds?' so we don't have to be embarrassed, but 'How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?' When our wounds cease to be a source of shame, and become a source of healing, we have become wounded healers.”
I like to think of myself as a wounded healer.
I primarily utilize Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help with the work of regulating, healing, growth, and insight.
Lastly, my faith is integral for who I am as a person. It informs the deep belief that you and I are loved and worth loving. It informs my perspective that counseling is often a journey to discover a deep and innate Love that exists within us. That we are Beloved.
About How
The way I see counseling is simple.
What I Offer:
Through IFS, I enter the counseling space with a compassionate and receptive presence. This steady presence helps the person slow down and become aware of themselves on a deeper level. The person experiences a calmness, compassion, and internal connection that is both extraordinarily difficult and invaluable in our fast-paced and disconnected culture.
What Happens:
When we slow down and become present, we become aware of all the different “parts” of ourselves (i.e., our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, beliefs, memories, etc.) that deeply need the intentional time and space that counseling provides. By calling these various human experiences “parts,” we are better able to acknowledge, understand, and work through these experiences.
Sometimes these “parts” feel stuck in past trauma; sometimes these “parts” are self-destructive as they reach for addictive substances or processes; sometimes these “parts” push us to maintain an unmanageable pace of life, and sometimes these “parts” feel polarized with other “parts” of us, leading to feelings of hypocrisy or instability.
What Changes:
The steady and compassionate space and presence in counseling becomes healing and integrative for us as people. When we no longer feel fractured, divided, and overly compartmentalized by various overwhelming or distressing “parts.” We no longer have different “parts” of us drive interactions subconsciously and habitually.
We start to become deeply aware of these “parts.” When we begin to become aware and notice these “parts” of us, they begin to settle in their intensity or control and instead a deeply centered, steady, and innate place within us comes forward. We begin to live from a deeper core place from our heart. A place within us that is innately good and full of love. From there, we begin to experience a whole-hearted, free, and full sense of life.
Take A Step
Want to learn more? Have a question? Interested in seeing if you feel comfortable and connected with me? Submit your question and I will get back to you.