About Sibella
Dr. Sibella Salazar is a New Mexico psychologist with eight years of experience as a mental health provider. She focuses on deep, respectful listening and helping people find practical ways to move forward.
Her work covers a wide range of concerns, from depression and anxiety to relationship and intimacy-related issues. Before moving to New Mexico she spent two years at a community clinic in Minneapolis. There she worked closely with Indigenous communities on complex trauma, historical and intergenerational trauma, and adjustment difficulties.
How Sibella works
That experience shaped how she recognizes social and cultural influences on mental health. Her style is warm, interactive, and relational. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while acknowledging historical and systemic factors that affect people from marginalized communities.
Narrative therapy is the foundation she uses to help people reframe their life stories. Dr. Salazar blends methods from several approaches to match what a person needs.
She draws on techniques like cognitive-behavioral methods, person-centered ideas, and mindfulness to support change and coping. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and practical steps to get there. She works with concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, stress, LGBT issues, parenting challenges, career questions, compassion fatigue, and sleep problems.
Dr. Salazar also addresses attachment and family of origin issues, blended family dynamics, guilt and shame, and multicultural concerns. Dr.
Salazar holds the credential NM Psychologist PSY1700. She offers services in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
What Sibella works with
The areas below are the ones Sibella selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NM Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Mexico |
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Online support options
Approaches and online care that meet you where you are
Dr. Salazar uses narrative therapy as a foundation, which focuses on the stories people tell about their lives and helps rewrite those stories to support healing. This approach can help with grief, identity work, and feelings of emptiness by naming patterns and creating new perspectives.She also draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small, practical changes. These methods are useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing stress. Mindfulness-based ideas are used to build awareness and reduce reactivity, which can help with trauma responses and compassion fatigue.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to decide what fits their goals, needs, and cultural context, adjusting methods as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls are close to an in-person session and work well for deeper conversations. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use a brief written check-in when that is more convenient. These options help people keep therapy consistent around busy lives.
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