Adryana DeBenedittis- CPC Student Therapist
As a Latina and as a clinician, Adryana strives to reduce barriers that minorities face by acknowledging, validating, and advocating their experiences, societal barriers, and lack of voice that they may have. Mental health stigmas prevent many individuals from seeking mental health services, especially minority populations. One skill set that helps her serve the Latinx community is being a bilingual clinician who speaks both English and Spanish. She strives to create a safe space with her clients, so uncomfortable topics can be addressed together. She also recognizes that she may not have similar experiences as her clients but she’s willing to listen and hear about theirs. She firmly believes that her clients are her equals and invites them to educate her on topics she may not be familiar with.
Most of her clinical and professional experience involves working with youth and adolescents. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Tampa in 2020. She’s currently working towards her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She recognizes that everyone has their unique struggles and there is beauty in processing and confronting those struggles. As Helen Keller once said, “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”