Dr. Itzuri Angela Hurtado, LMFT

As a psychotherapist, Itzuri Hurtado is passionate about impacting her client’s life by making positive changes. She likes to help her clients reach what she calls “living paradise”. A place that includes love, happiness, fun, life purpose, meaningful friendships, and financial stability. She believes that all humans have the superpower of choice and together we can choose to create more joy in our lives. She is compassionate, knowledgeable, and honoring of her client’s unique experiences. She works with individuals of all ages to help them identify strengths and needs that can help them reach their “living paradise”.The purpose of her work with clients is to resolve past and present challenges, to identify and eliminate what is not working, and to concentrate on utilizing new possibilities.She is a Bilingual Mental Health Therapist with more than 10 years of experience providing services in English and Spanish in Sunnyvale, CA. She has a Master’s degree in counseling psychology and …she is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). LMFTs have the education and training to provide therapeutic services to adults, children, teenagers, couples, and families. She has clinical experience working with both youth and adults. Working with youth requires more creativity and talent and she feels gifted for being able to connect emotionally with young ones. Additionally, she is trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and EFT (Emotion Focused Therapy).She began her career path working with the most mentally ill populations because she decided that to strive as a therapist she must be challenged with the highest level of difficulty. She has extensive experience working with severely mentally ill children, adults, and families. Her experience includes inpatient and outpatient treatment. She has a substantial background working with anxiety, complex trauma, depression, family issues, autism, challenging behaviors, divorce, and relational problems."I’m passionate about supporting others to find their inner strength and healing process. I strongly believe that all life experiences shape who we are and give us a unique identity. Life meaning is unique for each person and I focus on guiding clients to discover their full potential to overcome current and long-term struggles."