Ingrid is a bilingual therapist who has lived in Wichita Kansas for the past 28 years. She completed an Associate of Arts degree from Butler County Community College in 1992, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wichita State University in 1994 and a Master of Social Work degree from The University of Kansas in 1996. Ingrid was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala and she has lived in Kansas longer than in her country of birth; consequently, she considers Kansas her only home. Ingrid believes that relationships matter and that we can always do better if we are willing to ask for help and are willing to receive help.

Ingrid has been a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker since 2000. Ingrid has over ten years experience in providing psychotherapy services in Sedgwick County, including experience working for COMCARE Outpatient Services and Catholic Charities Counseling Services now known as Community Counseling Services. She is Bilingual in Spanish and English. She has over 4 years experience in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is very effective in helping people improve their ability in developing, improving, and maintaining healthy relationships with themselves and others they care about.

Over the past 10 years, Ingrid has provided individual, couples, family, and marriage therapy. Ingrid’s experience has been that working with adults who are motivated and willing to accept that sometimes change is needed, and are willing to follow through with the needed changes, can bring about a successful outcome during therapy treatment and after therapy treatment.

Ingrid has worked with children and adolescents in the past and she is actively improving her Play Therapy knowledge and skills in order to continue to work effectively with children and adolescents now and in the future. She finds Play Therapy as an effective medium for giving children the opportunity to express their feelings and needs in a way that is natural and fun for them.

Ingrid is experienced in providing therapy for depression; anxiety; trauma; grief and loss/forgiveness and acceptance issues; self-esteem; effective communication skills building; mediation/conflict resolution and problem solving skills for couples, families, and individuals; cultural issues; domestic violence; emotion regulation/effective interpersonal (relationship with others) and intrapersonal (relationship with oneself ) skills building: and anger management.

Ingrid is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and The Association for Play Therapy.