Alma Nechi-Garibay, LCSW
(She, Hers)
Preferred Name: Alma
About Me
I am a first generation Latina Social Worker. I was brought by my parents at the age of 11 to the state of Oregon. I am first to attend to college and currently still breaking generational traumas. I been Practicing since 2013 and since 2019 in Private Practice. I specialized in helping Adults dealing with PTSD, Anxiety and depression, Complex and Generational Traumas amongst Latinx community. I also specialized in using alternative modalities aside from EMDR my focus is to use Energy Medicine, Chinese energy medicine, and Traditional Practices. I am doing my own niche on how to incorporate such practices in combination to Western treatment modalities.
Education & Experience
Bachelors in Corrections working with kids and families. I then started to do early childhool and children and teens therapy for around 5 years of my beginning years as a therapist. Until I was trained into EMDR my practice change and started focusing more in doing trauma work with adults. I Am Certified in EMDR, trained in Emotional Freedom Techniques Level 2, I am persuing a Eden's Energy Medicine certification. I completed all my two years just waiting to finalized exam to be certified. I also am trained to do Reiki and Other quantum healing. I use that separate than practice but I do incorporate some of the energy techniques to help clients in the resourcing and emotional dysregulation and use somatic tools as well to help grounding.
Professional & Volunteer Affiliations
I Am afiliated with EMDRIA as a Member, La Nueva Terapia Quantum Healing Trained Practitioneire. In Process with Eden's Energy Medicine,
Specialty Area
- Abuse/Neglect
 - Anger Management
 - Anxiety/Panic Attacks
 - Birth Trauma/Pregnancy Loss
 - Depression
 - Domestic Violence
 - Grief/Loss/Mourning
 - Mood Disorders
 - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
 - Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
 - Race, Culture, Ethnicity Issues
 - Sexual Abuse
 - Spirituality
 - Stress Management
 - Survivor's Guilt
 
Population Served
- Adults
 - BIPOC
 - Immigrants
 - LGBTQ+
 
Language
- Spanish
 
Insurance
- Aetna
 - BlueCross BlueShield
 - UnitedHealth
 
Moda, and Providence
