About Me
It's great to have you here, my name is Melysa Polanco...
My personal history also led me to therapy. Through profound family experiences, moments of illness, pain, loneliness, and crisis, I understood how transformative it can be to encounter kind and empathetic support.
Living through my own process allowed me to understand something essential: pain doesn't need judgment, it needs space.
Therefore, when someone comes to a consultation, in person or online, my intention is that they feel this: that they can come in without shame, that their story deserves respect, and that even their darkest corners can be explored with care.
I deeply believe that therapy allows us to discover new ways of connecting, understanding our emotions, and living more fully.
In therapy with me, you'll find a warm and compassionate guide who will accompany you on a journey of self-understanding and empowering you to face your story with greater strength. I look forward to meeting you and thank you for allowing me to join you on this path.
My Approach
I am a psychologist specializing in Gestalt Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Family and Couple Therapy.
With Gestalt therapy, we focus on the here and now.
It helps us become aware of what you feel, think, and do in the present, to understand your patterns and choose new ways of relating to yourself, others, and your life in general.
Their approach seeks to integrate emotion, thought, and action, promoting responsibility and self-awareness.
With Narrative Therapy we work on reinterpreting the story we tell ourselves about ourselves, allowing us to build broader, more compassionate and coherent narratives that reflect who we want to be.
It helps to separate your identity from what hurts you today.