Somatic Therapy for Queer & BIPOC folks
Anna Reyes, LCSW
For when you feel bogged down, overwhelmed, and unsure of who you really are or what you really want…
Experience somatic healing (i.e. from the inside out)from a trauma-informed, licensed therapist to feel the clarity, confidence, and the real relief you’ve been craving — not just more insight.
Somatic Therapy for Queer and BIPOC folks
who are done shape-shifting for belonging and safety.
Offering virtual therapy across NYC and New York state
Even after everything you’ve achieved — the career, the stability, the respect — there’s a hidden part of you that still carries the weight of who you had to become to get here.
You’ve crossed worlds, navigated through spaces that were never built with you in mind, and learned to perform versions of yourself that kept you safe, successful, and “acceptable.”
But now the cost is catching up with you. The pressure, the numbness, the overthinking, the loneliness, the exhaustion of always being the one who holds it all together. You’ve built a life that looks impressive from the outside… but inside, you’ve hit a breaking point that you can’t ignore anymore.
Where You’re Getting Stuck
• You’ve worked impossibly hard to build the life you once dreamed of, but you still feel “bogged down,” out of place, or like success didn’t deliver the peace you were promised.
• You carry a ton on your plate and everyone relies on you — but you secretly resent that no one would do the same for you.
• You can’t think clearly, can’t slow down, and can’t feel anything other than tension or shutdown in your body — you’re out of touch with yourself, and it scares you.
• Your anxiety spikes with relationship doubts, work pressure, or major life changes — and you’re tired of acting “fine” while you silently spiral.
• You’ve leveled-up in ways your family never imagined, but now you feel guilty, disoriented, and unsure of where you really belong.
• You’re constantly managing how others see you — code-switching, softening, shrinking, performing.
• You’ve been over-performing for years to outrun scarcity, judgment, or the fear everything could disappear.
• People see your competence, your stability, your success — but no one sees the anxiety, numbness, or recent trauma that unearthed emotional upheaval that you can’t afford to ignore.
What You’re Longing For
• You want to actually feel better — both mentally and physically— clearer, lighter, more grounded, instead of trying superficial coping skills that leave you stuck in your head.
• You want a therapist who gets the complexity of being queer, Black, or Brown in mostly white, cis-het, high-pressure spaces — someone who understands identity stress, cultural nuance, and what it took to get where you are.
• You want to trust your feelings, boundaries, desires, and instincts without questioning if you’re being “too much” or “unfair.”
• You want to stop “keeping the peace” in your relationships (romantic, platonic, family) and learn how to communicate more effectively and authentically.
• You want to dig deeper — into why certain patterns keep returning, why you collapse or shut down — so you can finally shift at the root.
• You want to build a life that feels aligned with your identity, values, and inner knowing — not shaped by fear, pressure, or expectation.
• You want to move through the world with more ease, confidence, and authenticity — without abandoning the parts of you that got you here.
Hi, I’m Anna!
(sounds like ‘Ana’)
I’m a bisexual, Latina, biracial woman and former professional dancer turned licensed therapist. When I switched careers, I committed to honoring and expressing my own needs and desires in a way I never had before. I had to practice identifying and expressing my real wants, instead of the overperforming, self-restricting, people-pleasing that had propelled me through:
growing up as one of the only Latinx students in a mostly white school system
taking on the peacemaker role in my family as the eldest daughter
contorting my muscular, petite frame into ballet’s Eurocentric, fatphobic standards through food restriction and overexercising
Learning to stop editing my experience to make it more palatable for others has been scary and painful at times. But even more so, centering my experience and trusting my body’s cues has gratified, empowered, and grounded me in ways that have strengthened my most important relationships — including my relationship with myself.
I believe folks with marginalized identities carry an innate power and wisdom that this world urgently needs — especially as capitalist, white supremacist, and patriarchal systems work to protect their wealth and power by keeping us small. That’s why I’m deeply passionate about supporting queer and trans folks and people of color in uprooting the behaviors, emotions, and traumatic experiences that taught us to cope by abandoning ourselves in the name of safety.
Using somatic (body-based) and relational (person-to-person) techniques, I’ll guide you in relearning your inner cues, making sense of old survival strategies, and building your ability to move through life by connecting to the part of you that already knows how to stay grounded, courageous, compassionate, and crystal clear about who you are and what matters to you.
You want to feel grounded, confident, and powerful…
and I’m here to uncover your innate wisdom that already knows how.
I offer care that is…
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Somatic
Utilizing your body and senses along with your mind for to heal from the inside out.
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Relational
Person-centered, so you feel connected on a human to human level.
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Anti-racist
Culturally responsive care to honor the joys and struggles of your identity and community.
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Sex positive
Approaching sexuality as a normative, healthy part of the human experience, without judgment and with curiosity and compassion
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Trauma informed
Scientific understanding and compassion for how trauma impacts your mind, nervous system, and sense of yourself and the world.
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Gender-affirming
Treatment that respects and celebrates your gender identity and expression in whatever form it takes.
Book a free consult call
Thanks for getting in touch! I’m excited to hear how I can support you. Please review my FAQ page before our call so we focus on what matters most. I'll get back to you within two business days.
If you are in a crisis or in need of immediate assistance, please go to your local emergency room or call/text the National Suicide Lifeline at 988. You can also reach the Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-942-6906, or the LGBTQ+ Support Hotline at 1-888-234-7243.