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The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed

mental health professional and is not a substitute for psychological diagnoses or treatment.

I'm your host, Adriana Alejandra Alejandro, licensed marriage and family therapist.

Welcome back, everyone.

I am so excited to finally be recording again.

And I'm even more excited to have our guest, Susanna Marquez.

I'm going to go ahead and tell you a little bit about her before we jump into the interview.

So Susanna Marquez is a licensed marriage and family therapist.

And she's actually currently working on her doctorate dissertation. It's a SIDE program on maternal mental health,

and her dissertation is, sorry, let me start that one all over. She's currently in a SIDE program

and working on her doctorate dissertation on maternal mental health in the Latinx community.

She's the founder and clinician of Wellness for La Mama, private practice in Long Beach, California,

that provides bilingual therapeutic services for expectant and postpartum Latinx mothers.

Her services include psychotherapy, support groups, workshops, but also parenting classes.

Wellness para la Mama is rooted in the vision that a healthy mama is a healthy family.

She incorporates that into her practice and the work that she does.

She currently lives in Long Beach as well with her husband and five-year-old son.

She loves to travel,

read psychological thrillers, cook, dance, and watch Lakers basketball. I love that. Welcome to the show,

Susanna. Today we're going to talk about being a parent therapist and the side effects of specializing in trauma. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you for

having me. I'm happy to be here. I'm excited. Yes. Right. How do we parent with trauma and everything

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