Dr. Sibella Salazar, NM Psychologist PSY1700

Dr. Sibella Salazar is a psychologist licensed in New Mexico (NM Psychologist PSY1700) with eight years of experience as a mental health provider. She has supported people coping with depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, complex grief and loss, motivation and self-esteem concerns, 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 trauma, historical and intergenerational trauma, sociocultural stressors, removal from primary caretaker homes, and adjustment difficulties both inside and outside the home.

Her therapeutic style is warm, interactive, and relational, grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She emphasizes awareness of historical and systemic influences when working with members of historically marginalized communities. Practicing from an integrative framework, she uses narrative therapy as the foundation and draws from a range of approaches to meet each client’s needs.

Dr. Salazar integrates Indigenous Ways of Knowing (IWOK) to inform her clinical perspective, combining that paradigm with evidence-based methods such as cognitive-behavioral techniques, person-centered practices, and mindfulness. She frames therapy as a collaborative process that empowers clients to reauthor their stories and cultivate resilience, healing, and meaningful change.

Integrative Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Sibella Salazar uses narrative therapy to help clients explore and reframe the stories that shape their lives. This approach supports people who want to understand how past experiences and personal narratives influence current challenges and to build new, more empowering meanings.

She also incorporates cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to develop practical strategies for managing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness-based practices are used alongside these methods to cultivate present-moment awareness and emotional regulation.

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

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - so people can choose formats that fit their schedules and comfort. Working with licensed professionals in these formats can make it easier to access consistent care and to integrate therapy into daily life.