Want to feel calm, confident, and connected body, heart, and mind?

Hi! I’m Nayeli Corona-Zitney, LCSW, PMH-C, a psychotherapist with 15 years of experience walking alongside individuals in their journeys of healing and growth. I am certified in EMDR therapy and Perinatal Mental Health, and I am currently completing advanced training as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. My approach is attachment-focused and holistic, weaving in modalities such as IFS to support trauma healing and recovery from Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders.

In addition to individual therapy, I facilitate a free virtual pregnancy and postpartum support group for mothers in Southern California, and I speak on perinatal mental health to help raise awareness of how trauma shapes the parenting experience.

Outside of my practice, I’m a wife and mother who finds joy in exploring the outdoors with my family, running, hiking, reading, listening to podcasts, and enjoying good tea and coffee. I am bilingual in English and Spanish, and I bring intention, care, and presence into both my personal and professional growth so I can support my clients with depth and authenticity.

Additional Training:

• Advanced Somatic Resolution Skills for Perinatal Trauma with Abi Blakeslee, Ph.D., SEP and Kate White, SEP
• Unfreezing the Fawn: Working with Appeasement Patterns in Somatic Experiencing hosted by Somatic Experiencing International and taught by Shideh Lennon, Ph.D., SEP
• Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) in a three-year certification program. Certification expected 2026.
• Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate Course with Abi Blakeslee, a 4-month intensive online training
• IFS Online Circle | Crystal Jones, Pamela Krause, and Dick Schwartz
• Turning Conflict into Connection course with Esther Perel LMFT

• EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing by Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCT-II, E-RYT

• Healing the Wounds of Attachment and Rebuilding Self with Deany Laliotis, LICSW
• Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate 60 hr Program by The Embody Lab with Nkem Ndefo, Dr, Arielle Schartz, Dr. Scott Lyons

• Treating Dissociative Disorders with EMDR: The Progressive Approach by Dolores Mosquera
• The Mothercentric™ Approach Training is the only perinatal mental health training informed by Internal Family Systems.

• Working with Childhood Sexual Trauma with Cristina Mardirossian, LMFT 
• Working With Dissociative Identity Disorder Parts 1 & 2 with Cristina Mardirossian, LMFT

• Understanding Character Styles with Lynne Jacobs, PhD, a Gestalt therapist, and psychoanalyst.
• NICU Parenting: A practitioner’s Guide to Working with Families in the NICU and Beyond with Mara Tesler Stein PsyD and Deborah Davis PhD.
• Sex and Perinatal Mental Health by Maternal Mental Health Now
• Maternal Mental Health Professional Certificate Training with PSI and 2020momproject. 

Professional Associations

• EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
• Postpartum Support International (PSI)

You can follow me on Instagram at nayeli_lcsw

On social media I share knowledge pertinent to trauma healing and perinatal mental health. I frequently share information of upcoming dates for the free pregnancy and postpartum support group I facilitate, and share information of things that can foster mental well-being. 

Getting Started With Me

I know from personal and professional experience that psychotherapy has the power to truly change lives. It’s important to find the right therapist for you and your needs. I encourage you to reach out to me for a free 15-minute phone consultation. During this consultation, you can get to know a little more about me and how I work, and together we can discuss the challenges you are facing as well as your goals for making meaningful changes to your life.