THERAPY & INTEGRATIVE PRACTICES
A Journey
Back to Self
IFS-based trauma therapy and integrative practices for mind, body, and spirit. Understand what shaped you, become more aware of the patterns you still carry, and find greater freedom to live as who you are.
WAYS TO WORK WITH US
Find the support you’re looking for
01 · CLINICAL CARE
The Group Practice
Counseling for individuals, couples, and families. Our therapists support children, teens, and adults navigating trauma, anxiety, OCD, depression, grief, and relationship or parenting challenges.
In-person therapy in Pembroke Pines, FL with Margarita Donies and Dawn Whitherspoon, LMHC, on select days and at select times.
02 · SPECIALIZED EVALUATIONS
Immigration Evaluations
Psychological evaluations for immigration matters. We take time to understand your story and how your experiences have affected you, and explain what to expect from the first inquiry through the written report.
03 · INTEGRATIVE PRACTICES & COMMUNITY
Gather & Practice
Women’s circles, breathwork, meditation, and sound experiences offer time to slow down, notice what you’re feeling, and connect with others. Each gathering has its own description and registration so you can choose what feels right for you.
04 · PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
For Clinicians & Organizations
Private practice consulting helps clinicians clarify who they are, who they want to serve, and how to build a practice around that vision. We also offer speaking, workplace trauma support, and workshops on stress and nervous system awareness for teams and communities.
A FEATURED APPROACH WITHIN THE GROUP PRACTICE
A Closer Look at IFS-Based Trauma Therapy
Maybe a part of you wants to speak up, while another goes quiet to keep the peace. In Internal Family Systems (IFS), we get curious about these different parts of ourselves and the roles they learned to play, often to help us get through difficult experiences.
In my work, I pair parts work with nervous system awareness. We might slow down and notice what happens in your body when a familiar reaction takes over. As you understand what that reaction has been trying to protect, you can begin to meet it with more compassion and have more room to choose how you respond.
Margarita Donies, LMHC
THE INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
Awareness gives us room to choose.
Sometimes the first change is finding words for something you’ve felt for years. From there, you can begin to notice how old patterns live in your thoughts, your relationships, and your body, and get curious about what they’ve been trying to protect.
MIND
Understand your patterns
Parts work and Jungian reflection can help you listen to the different sides of yourself and make sense of recurring patterns.
BODY
Listen to what you feel
Nervous system awareness helps you notice how stress shows up in your body. Emotions can offer clues about what matters and what needs care.
SPIRIT
Make space for meaning
Explore what connects you to yourself, to others, and to something larger, in a way that honors your own beliefs.
“Essence is the seed, identity is our understanding of that seed, authenticity is how it grows, and freedom is the fruit.”
Margarita Donies, LMHC
A NOTE FROM THE FOUNDER
Finding words for what we carry.
I’m Margarita, a licensed mental health counselor and the founder of National Therapeutic Alliance. I’m drawn to the moment when someone finally finds language for an experience they’ve carried alone. That moment can change how we relate to ourselves, how we show up with others, and what we feel free to choose.
My work across therapy, writing, music, and community gatherings grows from that same curiosity about what becomes possible when we pay closer attention to our inner lives.
BEYOND THE THERAPY ROOM
Gather, read, and listen.
Explore women’s circles and wellness gatherings, or spend time with Idiomas del Alma, a space for writing, poetry, and music on awareness, authenticity, and the inner life.