Dr. Sibella Salazar , NM Psychologist PSY1700

Dr. Sibella Salazar is a psychologist licensed in New Mexico with eight years of experience as a mental health provider. She has worked across a broad range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, complex grief and loss, motivation and self-esteem, identity development, and trauma and abuse. Her background includes two years at a community clinic in Minneapolis where she worked closely with Indigenous communities on issues related to complex, historical, and intergenerational trauma, sociocultural stressors, removal from primary caretaker homes, and adjustment both inside and outside the home.

Her clinical style is warm, interactive, and relational, grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She emphasizes awareness of historical and systemic influences when working with people from historically marginalized communities. Dr. Salazar practices from an integrative orientation with narrative therapy as the foundation, and she draws on Indigenous Ways of Knowing - a paradigm rooted in Indigenous epistemologies of holistic being - to inform her work. From that foundation she incorporates techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy, person-centered approaches, and mindfulness to tailor interventions to each person’s needs.

Dr. Salazar holds the credential NM Psychologist PSY1700, indicating a licensed psychologist in New Mexico. She frames therapy as a collaborative process that honors each person’s story and aims to support resilience, healing, and meaningful change.

Integrative Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Dr. Sibella Salazar centers her work on narrative therapy, which invites people to explore and reshape the personal stories that influence how they see themselves and their relationships. This approach can be helpful for issues like identity development, grief, and making meaning after difficult experiences. She also draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify and shift patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress, using practical strategies to address symptoms and build coping skills. Mindfulness-based practices are integrated when useful to help with emotional regulation, stress reduction, and increasing present-moment awareness.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Dr. Salazar works together with each person to determine which combination of strategies best matches their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting methods over time as progress unfolds.

Online delivery through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging allows for flexibility in scheduling and lets people engage in therapy from locations that work for them. These options can make it easier to maintain continuity of care, fit sessions into busy lives, and access licensed professionals without additional travel.