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  • Therapist

Dulce Davalos

She/Her

Associate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (ALMFT)

Staff Psychotherapist, Staff Buddy Coordinator, Resource Development Team

ddavalos@liveoakchicago.com

312.469.0151

English

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Values & Philosophy

I approach therapy through a Liberation Psychology lens which means I understand psychological distress and well-being not just as an individual issue, but linked to the unjust world. We may have received social messages that maturity means being independent and self-sufficient; to me, resilience is about feeling safe enough to be curious, to rely on others and be reliable in return, and to stand on your own with confidence. My clinical approach is grounded in attachment and emotion-focused frameworks—helping you build relationships with your emotions as they are, while supporting growth, connection, and change.

My training as a Marriage and Family Therapist draws me to work with couples navigating differences in culture, class, or neurodiversity. I am especially interested in relationships grounded in respect and care that nonetheless feel stuck—overwhelmed, disconnected, or longing for more. I enjoy working with individuals whose life stories include migration, caretaking roles due to parentification, Latinidad, and Queerness.

If you’re looking for a therapist who honors your lived experience and sees healing as both personal and collective, I would be honored to work with you. I believe therapy can be a space for clarity, connection, and movement—and I would like to support you in finding what healing looks like on your terms.

Education & Training

Licensure

ALMFT, 208.001207
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Degrees

MA
Northeastern Illinois University, 2022

Areas of Focus & Specialization

  • Sex and Relationship Therapy
  • Non-Monogamy Affirming Practice
  • Sapphic Relationships
  • Interethnic/Intercultural relationships
  • Complex Family Dynamics
  • Family of Origin Concerns (Parentification & Children of Immigrants)
  • Identity Exploration, Development, & Intersectionality
  • Depression, Anxiety, & Stress
  • Play Therapy for School Aged children
  • ADHD and ASD Affirmative Practice

I Work With

  • Relationships (triads, polycules, metamours, constellations, couples.)
  • Individuals
  • Families (chosen & family of origin)

Modalities

  • LGBTQ Affirmative Practice
  • Decolonization Practice
  • Internal Family Systems Therapy
  • Emotion Focused Therapy/Attachment theory
  • Gottman Theory
  • Trauma Informed