We’re Las Lobas del Corazón: The She-Wolves* of the Heart
Are you:
- Living wild, unbridled, doing soulful work… until depression or anxiety get the better of you?
- Being simultaneously fired up and burnt out by your life’s mission?
- Holding back when you know you should speak your truth?
- Reeling, drooping, withering; feeling cut off from your life force?
- Seeing your potential, while hiding in your den, afraid to come out?
Sensitive rebels, struggling misfits, activists, artists, mystics, and badasses. We see you.
We hope you’ll join our pack.
Las Lobas del Corazón — the she-wolves of the heart — instinctually rest when they need to rest, play when they need to play, and fight when they need to fight. Mistresses of the hunt channel their energy to fight the most important battles with ferocity, and still enjoy life with joy, creativity, and passion.
*When we refer to Las Lobas, she-wolves and mistresses, we’re meaning, of course, not only “cis” women. The future needs feminine wisdom, but pack members come in all shapes, sizes, and identities. You don’t have to have been assigned female at birth to join us.
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Your Team
Stephanie Small, Founder
As a licensed clinical social worker and nutritionist, I help people reconnect to their wild and essential truths. In addition to my private practice, I also consult, supervise, teach, and speak at live and online events. I founded Las Lobas del Corazón in 2022 to make deeper and more effective healing available for everyone, regardless of income level. I am of Ashkenazi descent and use she/her pronouns.
I hold a BA from Yale University and an MSW from Smith College for Social Work, and multiple certifications in various disciplines and modalities, including Holistic Nutrition Education from Bauman College and Mental Health Nutrition from the Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition. I also created the five week online course Supplements and Nutrition for Mental Health. When not working, I enjoy immersing in cold creeks, pursuing the art of eight limbs, singing songs in other languages, kitchen witchery, connecting with various loved ones including the two legged, four legged, rooted and elemental kind, and of course running with the wolves. You can find out more about me here.
Stephanie Ramirez, LPCC
As a a somatic and IFS-informed practitioner with training in Mental Health Nutrition, I believe that a true healing process engages mind, body and spirit, and I strive to facilitate that experience for my clients. I have worked with plant medicine as part of my own healing journey and mentor under an indigenous integration practitioner, and I am pleased to offer support and understanding with the integration of your plant medicine experience.
I hold a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University. I am deeply drawn to grief and loss, trauma, and addiction issues. I am also part of the Latinx and LGBTQ+ communities. I use she/her pronouns. Hablo español fluido.
When I am not working, I enjoy tapping into creative energy or connecting with the earth elements. You will often find me in my studio making candles, painting, dancing or creating other forms of art. I am a nature lover who always stops to smell the flowers.
Wendy Barrios, LPCC
As a student of Earth-based practices with a decade of experience in the healing arts, I help facilitate individuals toward a deep remembrance of the soul. As a somatic practitioner, I believe that our bodies carry the wisdom for our healing. I utilize body-based therapy including Gestalt, Breathwork, and Mindfulness. I hold a transpersonal lens and invite topics of spiritual/religious experiences, dreamwork, and plant medicine experiences for wholistic integration.
I believe relationships play a vital role in our lives, whether it is the relationship with ourselves, the Earth, or others. I have experience working with families and couples facing relationship struggles. I work with the family system and lead with a strengths-based approach to address presenting challenges in communication, transition, and change.
I hold a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Naropa University, and am certified in Psychedelic Integration and Conscious Breath Work facilitation. I use she/her pronouns and am of Maya descent. Se hablo Español.
When I am not working, I enjoy shooting hoops, quad rollerskating, and dancing around bodies of water. I adore nature and love basking in the sun and moonlight. Catch me howling with the other wolves, and hear me sing my heart songs.
Vision
We live in an ‘interlinked world’ where we are in trusting relationship with ourselves and each other, embracing the wildness of our embodied experience, in stewardship with the Earth.
Mission & Core Values
As courageous, spirit-led, heart-centered and balanced practitioners, we provide holistic psychotherapy for all identities and income levels.
- We engage mind, body, and spirit via somatic therapies, mental health nutrition, earth-based practices and more.
- We understand, respect, and welcome all identities.
- We are dedicated to collaboration and bridge-building with other organizations.
We’re on a soul mission to serve more people, especially those who don’t have financial resources to pay for this important healing work.
Clear the River
“Be wild; that is how to clear the river. The river does not flow in polluted, we manage that. The river does not dry up, we block it. If we want to allow it its freedom, we have to allow our ideational lives to be let loose, to stream, letting anything come, initially censoring nothing.”
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD