Dr. Sibella Salazar , NM Psychologist PSY1700

Dr. Sibella Salazar is a licensed psychologist in New Mexico (NM Psychologist PSY1700) with 8 years of experience providing mental health care across a wide range of concerns. She has supported people facing depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, complex grief and loss, motivation and self-esteem challenges, identity development, and trauma and abuse. For two years she worked at a community clinic in Minneapolis where her focus included Indigenous communities experiencing complex trauma, historical and intergenerational trauma, sociocultural stressors, removal from primary caretaker homes, and adjustment challenges both inside and outside the home.

Dr. Salazar practices with a warm, interactive, and relational style, emphasizing respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She centers knowledge of historical and systemic influences when working with members of historically marginalized communities. Her work is integrative, grounded in narrative therapy as a foundational approach, and informed by Indigenous Ways of Knowing - a paradigm that recognizes holistic ways of being. From that foundation she draws on interventions from an array of orientations, such as cognitive-behavioral techniques, person-centered methods, and mindfulness practices to address each person’s needs.

Dr. Salazar views personal history as a collection of stories that shape where someone is today. Her role is to empower people to build narratives of resilience, healing, and change, meeting them wherever they are in their story and collaborating to support meaningful shifts.