Warm and collaborative
You do not need to have everything figured out before we begin. We’ll make space for what is happening now, clarify what matters to you, and move forward at a pace that feels manageable.
CSWA
Associate Clinician
Meet Your Therapist
Sessy De La Cruz
she/her
I’m a therapist at Mindful Kinetics who supports adolescents and adults navigating ADHD, OCD, Anxiety, stress, and life transitions. My style is warm and collaborative, with practical support shaped around who you are and the life you want to build.
Specialized Individualized Care
Practical Tools for Everyday Life
Affirming Your Brain, Identity & Experience
About Sessy
Awareness helps you see the way forward. Support helps you take the next step.
Maybe you’re constantly overthinking, caught in OCD loops, struggling to keep up with ADHD, or feeling weighed down by Anxiety. You might feel overwhelmed or disconnected from yourself, or you may understand what you want to do differently but still struggle to put that understanding into action.
You don’t need to arrive with the right words, a clear plan, or everything figured out.
I believe therapy can be a space where you slow down, feel understood, and begin creating a different relationship with the thoughts, emotions, and patterns that keep showing up. We can begin with where you are and move at a pace that feels right for you.
My approach is collaborative, compassionate, and grounded in evidence-based care. Together, we’ll explore what has worked and what has not, better understand the patterns keeping you stuck, and practice new responses that feel realistic, meaningful, and connected to your values.
Lasting change often begins with feeling genuinely heard. I’ll meet you with curiosity, compassion, and respect, without forcing your experience into a rigid plan. Whether you’re working with worry, focus, intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, self-esteem, or a major transition, we’ll build practical strategies that support a life that feels more grounded and connected to who you are.
Sessy’s Approach
A personal approach to specialized care.
Therapy with me is warm, collaborative, and tailored to your experience. You bring your knowledge of yourself, and I bring curiosity, clinical support, and tools we can adapt together.
Evidence-based and flexible
ACT, CBT, ERP, and other evidence-based approaches give us a strong foundation. We’ll translate them into realistic strategies that support you between sessions and in everyday life.
Values-centered and affirming
Our work will reflect your strengths, identity, culture, relationships, and hopes for your life. The goal is not to fit you into a rigid plan, but to create meaningful change that feels true to you.
Training & Experience
The clinical foundation behind specialized, personal care.
Sessy’s background combines graduate social work training with evidence-based, culturally responsive, and strength-based approaches. She practices as a Clinical Social Work Associate under supervision while continuing to deepen her work with ADHD, OCD, Anxiety, and life transitions.
Licensure
Oregon Clinical Social Work Associate
Sessy is registered with the State of Oregon as a Clinical Social Work Associate and provides individual online therapy throughout the state.
Education
MSW, Portland State University
Sessy earned her Master of Social Work from Portland State University, with graduate preparation in ethical, collaborative, and person-centered clinical care.
Specialized Approaches
CBT, ACT & ERP
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Exposure and Response Prevention support Sessy’s individualized work with ADHD, OCD, and Anxiety.
Clinical Supervision
Supervised by Laurie Kress, LCSW
As an associate clinician, Sessy receives ongoing clinical supervision from Laurie Kress, LCSW, supporting thoughtful, accountable, and continuously developing care.
Practice Philosophy
Humanistic, Strength-Based & Culturally Responsive
Sessy brings a whole-person perspective to therapy, honoring each client’s identities, relationships, strengths, and lived experiences while supporting practical, values-driven change.
Personal Perspective
Lived Experience with ADHD & OCD
Sessy brings an understanding informed by both clinical training and personal experience, including the complexity of navigating these challenges and creating change with greater compassion and flexibility.
Curious whether Sessy might be a good fit?
Start with a free 15-minute consultation. It’s a chance to share what you’re looking for, ask questions, and get a feel for working together before you decide.
Private pay • HSA/FSA accepted • Superbills available for out-of-network reimbursement
