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Welcome Maria T Herrera as our Director of Support Services - Spanish

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We are so excited to announce the addition of Maria T Herrera, Aortic Dissection Survivor, Author and LCSW. Maria will be volunteering as a Director of Support Services, moderating our newest Support Group Meeting for individuals that speak Spanish.


Estamos muy emocionados de anunciar la incorporación de María T Herrera, superviviente de disección aórtica, autora y LCSW. María será voluntaria como Directora de Servicios de Apoyo y moderará nuestra nueva reunión del grupo de apoyo para personas que hablan español.


This meeting will take place the first Monday of every month beginning June 3rd at 7pm EST via Microsoft Teams. You register once and will be notified by email with a link to join.


Esta reunión se llevará a cabo el primer lunes de cada mes a partir del 3 de junio a las 7 p.m. EST a través de Microsoft Teams. Te registras una vez y recibirás una notificación por correo electrónico con un enlace para unirte.


"María T Herrera is an immigrant bilingual LCSW owner of Teyolia LLC, Individual & Family Therapy in Aurora, IL. Her professional experience includes working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. As a therapist, her methods encompass humanist theories such as Client-Centered, Trauma Focused, Self-Psychology, and other current therapies. Her ideals include helping others and advocating for equal rights, and she has a great passion for human rights, specifically immigrants.

Since arriving in the United States, she has focused on education, beginning with learning English in an ESL program, her GED, a BA in Sociology, a Master's (MSW), and a Doctorate (DSW) in Social Work. She worked for the State of Illinois for several years as a Social Worker/Therapist in different agencies.


She loves writing poetry in English and Spanish and has published two books, Dissected, Healing with Poetry, and The Black Forest; her first book birthed after her first Aortic Dissection surgery, describes her traumatic experience and shares the poems that helped her emotional healing. Her second book comprises romantic poems, some in Spanish, dedicated to her family."


" María Trinidad Herrera es una LCSW bilingüe, immigrante, dueña de Teyolia LLC, Individual y Family Therapy en Aurora, Illinois. Su experiencia porofesional abarca terapia individual, parejas, familias y grupos. Como terapeuta, sus métodos abarcan las teorías humanistas, Concentración en el Cliente, Enfoque en el Trauma, y Autopsícologia, así como otras terapias del día.  Sus ideales se basan en ayudar a los demas y advocar por igualdad de derechos, con una gran pasión por los derechos humanos, en especial los inmigrantes.


Desde su llegada a los Estados Unidos se dedicó a estudiar el Inglés (ESL), adquirió su GED, su licenciatura en Sociología, una maestría (MSW) y un doctorado (DSW) en Trabajo Social. Trabajó para el Estado de Illinois por mucho años como Trabajadora Social/Therapista en diferentes agencias.  

 Gusta de escribir poesía en Español e Inglés y ha publicado dos libros, Dissected, Healing with Poetry and The Black Forest. Su primer libro nació de su primera Disección Aórtica donde describe su traumática experiencia y comparte los poemas que le ayudaro a sanar emocionálmente. Su Segundo libro incluye poemas romáticos y algunos en Español dedicados a su familia."


Please welcome Maria❤️ Por favor, bienvenida María.❤️




 
 
 

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