ABOUT ALDEA COUNSELING
The weight of the world can get heavy.
We can help you shoulder it.
Whether you come to us in crisis or curiosity, you belong here.
Do you feel isolated or alone? Are grief, depression, or anxiety clouding your ability to live with joy and purpose? Do you experience a world that asks too much and offers too little? Our expert clinicians are here to help guide you along your path to healing.
Therapy at Aldea offers relief and invites you into a deeper, more connected way of living.
Live authentically.
Heal in community.
Experience joy.
Connect to your purpose.
Live authentically. Heal in community. Experience joy. Connect to your purpose.
OUR THERAPISTS
RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ (pronouns)
LCSW-R, Rev
Founder and Clinical Director
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A Latino Clinical Social Worker with over two decades of experience in community-based programs, Raymond is certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and EMDR, and trained extensively in family systems therapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy. He earned his Social Work degree from Columbia University School of Social Work.
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Raymond’s clinical interests include immigration, diversity, LGBTQ empowerment, spirituality, and supporting marginalized communities. He is a trauma specialist with deep experience in treating complex trauma and PTSD. Raymond has worked in academic settings, serving as counselor faculty at Hostos Community College and currently teaching at Columbia University, Smith College, and various trauma-focused institutes.
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Raymond integrates family systems therapy, psychodynamic approaches, and somatic trauma treatments such as Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and EMDR. His work is grounded in social justice, cultural responsiveness, and deep relational care.
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Raymond supports individuals and families dealing with immigration-related trauma, identity-based challenges, PTSD, and systemic marginalization. His therapeutic lens is rooted in empowerment, healing, and intergenerational resilience.
AMIRA SHOUMAN (pronouns)
LMSW
Clinician
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A licensed social worker from the Midwest with Palestinian roots. She completed her graduate training at the New York University School of Social Work and the Steinhardt School of Education.
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Amira’s career has centered on identity development, programming, and advocacy in higher education and organizations serving marginalized communities. She has worked clinically with individuals at City Year and The New School Counseling Services.
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Amira incorporates a collaborative, supportive approach grounded in psychodynamic psychotherapy and evidence-based practices, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
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Amira supports clients navigating relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, cross-cultural identity, grief and loss, domestic violence, displacement, and coming-of-age experiences.
JONATHON MOON (pronouns)
BFA, PCC, SEP
Operations Director and Senior Life Coach
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A certified life and career coach with over twelve years of private practice experience. He trained at The Academy for Coaching Excellence under psychologist Dr. Maria Nemeth in California and is certified in Somatic Experiencing.
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Through coaching, Jonathon has supported clients in quitting smoking, building healthier relationships, navigating parenthood and adoption, becoming financially independent, and pursuing artistic success. He believes in helping others create lives aligned with their values and aspirations. He also served on staff at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies for three years.
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Jonathon uses a strengths-based, somatically-informed coaching approach rooted in Somatic Experiencing and the principles of personal empowerment. He supports clients through life transitions with a compassionate, goal-oriented lens.
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Through coaching, Jonathon has supported clients in quitting smoking, building healthier relationships, navigating parenthood and adoption, becoming financially independent, and pursuing artistic success. He believes in helping others create lives aligned with their values and aspirations.
PRESS AND FEATURED TRAININGS
COMPASSION IN MENTAL HEALTH
Té Para el Alma by Valentina Serna
COMPASSION IN THERAPY
Awake Network
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Columbia University School of Social Work
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Hostos Community College
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Smith College School of Social Work
Our Ethos:
You deserve quality care that meets you where you are. At Aldea, we offer holistic and culturally-sensitive support, where therapeutic excellence is accessible to all, regardless of your background, identity, or socioeconomic status. We currently offer all of our counseling and life coaching sessions online, making it easier to access our services in a way that fits your life.
Our Clients:
We welcome individuals and families across all stages of life– from children and teens to adults and elders. Our practice supports couples, families, and groups, as well as those exploring identity, navigating life transitions, or healing from complex experiences. We work with LGBTQIA+ clients, immigrants, and anyone feeling the weight of cultural, relational, or systemic stress.
FAQ
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Therapy can help you in shifting problematic patterns that are inhibiting you from leading the full life you desire. It can help you lead a more purposeful, harmonious and balanced life and set you free from negative internalized thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and self-damaging patterns. In therapy you will gain insights and awareness about yourself, your relationships, your feelings, and your body and the way you interact with the world around you. Therapy supports you in understanding and building upon your strengths and developing tools and skills for changing problematic behaviors, compulsions, and negative thinking patterns.
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Treatment length depends on the complexity of your presenting problems. Though it depends on each case, most anxiety and depression treatments tend to last between 6 and12 months. More complex presentation such as PTSD and Complex Trauma can last longer. In some instances, clients come in with a very specific issue that they want to work on and/or limits to how long they can participate in the therapy. In such cases, we craft a treatment that addresses your specific need in the limited amount of time you are able to participate in the therapy.
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Simply stated…when the therapy is working, you feel better. Early on in treatment you and your therapist will delineate your goals for treatment and the specific tasks that will support you in your healing journey. Throughout treatment these goals will frequently be reassessed to guarantee that the treatment is moving towards achieving your goals.
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We have an equity pricing model for our services based on what you can afford. Click here for more information [add link]
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Sessions are 50 minutes long. The typical session begins with a check in on how you are doing and any new information pertinent to treatment. We then determine what material we will work on today be it a particular theme or topic that is part of your goals for therapy or any current issue that has arisen recently where you need support. As we explore the theme or issue for the session, we pay attention to your thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and how this material lives in your body. In processing we aim to find resources, new learnings, unburdening the past, and new ways of coping with how these issues impact your life.