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Optimal Health is Holistic

it is the harmony of mind, body & Spirit 

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At Integrate Your Soul, we believe meaningful healing begins when you feel seen beyond your struggles—when your identity, your experiences, and the whole of who you are are met with understanding and care.

Services Offered

Individual Counseling

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Couple's Therapy
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Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy 
Therapeutic Coaching 
Couple's Therapy

About

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Our Mission & Vision

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At Integrate Your Soul, we bring together dedicated clinicians whose areas of expertise reflect both professional training and personal connection to the communities they serve. Our care is grounded in cultural understanding, lived experience, and a belief that everyone deserves to feel seen and supported.

We look beyond symptoms to understand you as a whole person—your identity, your relationships, and the experiences that have shaped you. Together, we create space for authentic connection, self-discovery, and meaningful change.

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Beyond Traditional Therapy

Corporate Trainings 

Engaging, tailored trainings that help teams strengthen communication, support mental well-being, and build healthier, more inclusive workplaces.

Engaging, tailored trainings that help teams strengthen communication, support mental well-being, and build healthier, more inclusive workplaces.

Preparation & Integration Support 

Personalized therapy sessions to help you prepare for plant medicine experiences, process insights, and integrate what you learn into everyday life.

Clinical Supervision 

Supportive, thoughtful supervision to help clinicians deepen their skills, build confidence, and grow in their practice.

Healing with Plant Medicine

Thoughtfully selected teas and supplements tailored to your individual needs to support well-being and complement your self-care routine.

Meet the Team

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Julissa Vasquez, LCSW - Clinical Director & Founder

Melanie Van Orden, LCSW

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A particular area of focus in her practice is religious trauma recovery and spiritual/existential exploration. Melanie graduated with a Master of Social Work degree from Fordham University in 2007 and completed post-graduate work in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality from the Blanton-Peale Institute. She also received certificates in Ketamine-Assisted Therapy and Psychedelic Integration from Fluence, a leading educational research center in psychedelic-assisted therapy. She specializes in trauma-informed therapy, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and life coaching. She uses an anti-oppressive, anti-racist, and queer affirming lens in her work that centers the lived experiences of her clients. She works particularly well with women, creatives, entrepreneurs, and LGBTQIA+ people. Her psychedelic work is complimented by her approach utilizing somatic, relational, mindfulness-based, trauma-informed, and psychodynamic modalities. She also specializes in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and attachment-based therapy.

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Simona L Duque, LMSW

I offer trauma-focused Psychotherapy, Sex Therapy, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), and Psychedelic Harm Reduction & Integration Therapy (PHRI). My practice is kink & poly-, sex-worker-, and neurodivergent-affirming. I am a Non-binary, Colombian American therapist committed to trauma-informed and anti-oppressive care. Believing in the power of a trusting therapeutic alliance, I aim to create a warm, compassionate, and affirming container where clients feel seen in their authentic selves. Personally understanding the importance of culturally responsive care, I actively engage in cultural humility in an effort to best support my clients who each come from their own unique set of lived experiences. My therapeutic approach is person-centered, collaborative, and holistic. My background in community herbalism, nightlife, contemplative practice, and creative expression offers a wealth of experiential knowledge that shapes my integrative approach as a therapist. I draw on mindfulness-based, somatic, attachment-based and strengths-based approaches to support clients navigating trauma, systemic oppression, stressors, grief, shame, and other challenging experiences. My practice is informed by liberatory and decolonial frameworks rooted in harm reduction and pleasure positivity. I work with adults and relationships, specializing in queer & trans identities, sexual trauma, BIPOC/PoGM, mindfulness (secular & Buddhist), spirituality, and psychedelic therapy. I offer trauma-focused Psychotherapy, Sex Therapy, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), and Psychedelic Harm Reduction & Integration Therapy (PHRI). My practice is kink & poly-, sex-worker-, and neurodivergent-affirming. I believe healing isn’t linear. It entails practicing self-compassion and attuning to our inner wisdom which is ongoing, especially in a relentlessly painful and uncertain world. I’m honored to support my clients along this windy, bumpy, yet exquisite path of remembering and reconnecting, towards healing and transformation. I hold a MSW from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, a BA in Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Humboldt State University, and completed the Sacred Vibes Apothecary Spiritual Herbalism Apprenticeship program. I have postgraduate training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) as well as Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration Therapy (PHRI) and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) from Fluence, a leading educational research center in psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Karina Estrella-Gaspar, LMSW
 

Has over 8+ years of experience providing trauma informed therapy and recovery support for refugees and immigrants using a strength based/humanistic therapeutic approach. Karina is a bilingual Spanish speaking Licensed Social Worker licensed in New York State. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work, from Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University and has over 8+ years of experience providing trauma informed therapy and recovery support for refugees and immigrants using a strength based/humanistic therapeutic approach. Additionally, she has supported hundreds of adolescents, teens and adults to develop healthy coping skills, and achieve a reduction in their experience of symptoms of anxiety, depression, and work through migration trauma. The services she provides are, Individual and Group therapy using cognitive behavioral, mindfulness techniques, family therapy, behavior therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy approaches. She is committed to dispel the stigma and negative perceptions held within the fabric of culturally diverse BIPOC communities in regards to seeking therapy. I strive to provide culturally competent and high-quality services and inclusion to LatinX communities.

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Ursula Campos-Gatens, LMSW

Ursula works well with BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ folks, and Neurodivergent folks. Especially, therapists, first responders, educators, activists, and other healers working towards collective & self liberation. She works from a client centered lens to achieve the goals you have for your mental health, and to heal the wounds that can lead us to self sabotage. Ursula (she/they) is a Bilingual Spanish speaking queer healer from New York with Costa Rican and Indigenous roots. Ursula received her Masters degree in Social Work from Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter in 2013. She has over a decade of experience working with individuals from an anti-oppressive, decolonized, holistic, trauma-informed, and client centered lens. She approaches mental health from a holistic, historical perspective. She combines client centered solution focused, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness techniques, and even spiritual practices, herbalism, and somatic movement to heal, empower and support individuals in living their most authentic, fulfilling and joyous lives. She has a deep understanding of the experiences and manifestations of historical oppression, and generational trauma that affect our capacity to care for and express our full selves. In her work with you she strives to support you in reaching your mental health goals, and move from surviving to thriving.

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Julia Ventimillia,
LMSW Candidate 

Julia’s approach is strength-based and person-centered, while also incorporating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She is committed to using evidence-informed approaches based on the needs of each individual client. She also strives to create a strong therapeutic alliance with her clients to help them develop healthy coping strategies. Julia is dedicated to providing culturally competent care, as well as respecting unique and individualized experiences. Julia Vintimilla is a current graduate student enrolled in NYU’s Master of Arts in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness. She completed her undergraduate studies at Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She is a bilingual Spanish-speaking counselor in training. She is passionate about creating a safe and supportive environment for clients to feel validated throughout the therapy process.

Testimonials

Client Experiences

Discover how Julissa has positively impacted the lives of our clients through their testimonials.

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"She has really helped me through a lot of challenging moments in my life as both a therapist and kind of a coach. She’s empathetic but also pushes and challenges me to view things differently and to experience things from a different lens than the usual"

LP , NYC

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""She is an excellent skilled professional, who was able to support me in my professional growth while furthering my clinical skills. She provided professional support and the needed clinical guidance to achieve many of my professional goals"

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AC, NYC

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"Working with her has been wonderful; she is kind, extremely intelligent, inspired and inspiring. She is easy to work with and great to receive clinical feedback from. She has multiple depths of knowledge but as her business name implies, she is able to integrate them all".  DH, NYC

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