How to Talk to [Mamí & Papí] about Anything
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Amy’s Puerto Rican mom began making retirement plans around the future grandchildren Amy would give her. But Amy had to tell her she was not planning to have kids. And Psychologist Maritza Mikolich returns to the show to explain codependency and offer advice on setting boundaries when sharing personal decisions with loved ones.
Featured Expert:
Dr. Maritza Mikolich is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a doctoral degree in psychology. She comes from a traditional Mexican family, raised in the United States, and spoke Spanish as her first language. Her parents were born and raised in Michoacan, Mexico and moved to the U.S. for the American dream of giving their family better opportunities. It was that dream that highly motivated her to follow her passion by going to college and studying psychology. She was the first in her extended family to get a college education and obtained her bachelor's degree at the University of San Diego, her master's degree at Saint Thomas University in Florida and her doctoral degree at Alliant International University in San Diego. She has therapy experience working in different settings, including youth and parents in foster care, teenagers in group homes, children in schools who struggle with behavioral issues, individuals struggling with co-parenting issues, and crisis intervention with all age groups. In October 2020 during the pandemic, she started her private practice in hopes of giving back to the Hispanic community. She provides psychotherapy primarily to adults in English and Spanish virtually through telephone and video throughout the state of California. She provides individual, family and couples therapy virtually to people struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, life stressors, and relational problems. Learn more about her work here.
If you liked this show listen to When Mamí Makes You Doubt Becoming a Mom, Part 1 and Part 2, and Everyone's Asking "Are Your Pregnant Yet?"
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