Dariela Vasquez, LCSW

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Dariela Vasquez, LCSW

Dariela Vasquez, LCSW, is a first-generation Dominican Somatic Psychotherapist with over ten years of experience providing advocacy, therapy, and education.

She helps women of color heal ancestral trauma and reconnect with their bodies & wisdom.

10/09/2025

My mom often says “recordar es vivir,” to re-member is to live.

Forgetting however became a way of survival for many of us.

My journey back home has reconnected me back to my body, the land and my ancestry.

I would often say that when my brother died he took a part of me with him, through somatic care, body storytelling and ancestral healing I found that part of me that I believed to be gone forever.

The journey home is slow, soulful healing. It is caring and loving- an act of revolution & ancestral reclamation.

May we remember ourselves home & honor those who came before.

With love & gratitude,

Dariela ❤️‍🔥🌹

09/09/2025

Every season of our lives transforms us. As I step into a new season of my life, I am stepping in with deep gratitude for my past selves.

I share this today because I have been inspired by those whom I serve. Lately, we have been reflecting on our past selves and how, in the end, we saved ourselves by choosing love.

The grief is real, and so is the love.

May this season of our lives bring us back to our hearts.

And may you welcome yourself home, at your own pace.

With love & gratitude,

Dariela 🌹

08/09/2025

Healing and remembrance are cyclical. 🌀
Honoring the grief that comes up is a part of the process and the cycle.

Slowing down allows us to integrate the lessons from the past season while also honoring the intentions of the season we are stepping into.

Life is not a race, it is a journey- a journey home.

With love,

Dariela 🌹

08/09/2025

The past couple of days have been filled with full circle moments, endings & beginnings.

These moments invite us to reflect on what we have learned and embrace ourselves as we move forward with more love and compassion for ourselves.

May we listen to our hearts as we begin again.

With love,

Dariela 🌹

05/09/2025

This season brought me back to my heart.

I came home to myself through words, poems, and stories.

Writing has taught me how to slow down- the words come to me over
time, they come down and drop into the body. I learned that I must be
present to receive them.

Last year, I made a big life decision to leave my professor role. It
was a hard decision to come to, but it was necessary. And this summer,
I actually had space to live, breathe, write, and be.

I earned my master’s at 21. As a first-gen Dominican, I made the most of my resources and did the best I could. In my 20s, I hustled, worked, and served.

Now at 32, I am learning to slow down - I’m discovering I don’t have to carry it all the time. I also learned that I don’t want to carry it all the time; I’ve come to realize I, too, need and deserve rest.

This shift has changed me. My dream as a baby therapist was to have a
private practice and be a professor, and I’ve achieved that. I am proud of myself, I did it.

&

Instead of asking myself what is next, I am choosing to step into the now.

To practice gratitude for myself and for those who have supported me
along the way.

To practice presence with myself and my loved ones.

To tend to the land and its people.

To serve with heart.

With love and respect,

Dariela 🌹

05/09/2025

Community, I felt called to share some reflections from last week’s newsletter.

I send out end-of-the week love letters, where I invite you into the body and discuss body-honoring, body-loving care and support.

Last week, I shared some reflections on expression, a common theme this summer in the sessions I held.

Many of us have been taught to hold onto our body’s stories and store our emotions- and to keep it moving.

But the body can only hold up to a point.

I invite you to drop the armor and give yourself a moment of reflection-
🌀What feels heavy, how can I practice letting it go?
🌀Are there parts of me that feel tender? How can I support them?

❤️‍🔥Heart-Centered Practice- Place your hand over your heart and invite your expression home. Call them back- the parts of you that have learned that it’s unsafe to express yourself, and at your own pace- show them that you are here with them.

May we move from cycles of suppression and oppression to cycles of expression & liberation.

With love & respect,
Dariela 🌹

28/08/2025

Hello community,

I am happy to announce that my practice has three openings for therapy for the daughters of immigrants.

Planting Seeds Somatic Therapy is a soft space to land; here we return to the body, your truth, and your rhythm.

I specialize in intergenerational trauma, grief & womb health.

This work is a soulful remembering of who you are. If you are looking for in-depth support and care, I invite you to schedule a phone consultation to explore how I can help you on your journey home.

With love, gratitude & respect,

Dariela ❤️‍🔥🌹

30/07/2025

from our newsletter, a love letter to daughters of immigrants-

In every session I have held and been a part of, I have noticed the
same theme: fear.
Fear of taking up space in the body.
Fear of dropping in the body.
Fear of speaking up, fear of being true to oneself.
Fear of going back to the past, fear of the past.
Fear of getting it wrong- fear of being wrong.

This fear is old, ancestral. This fear has been activating our bodies and spirits.

As we reexperience our histories, we are being reminded that the past lives in our bodies.

Inner child healing and ancestral healing, tending to the body, are
vital on the path to collective healing and liberation.

The system wants us to be unwell; we must resist.
Real deep care is connection; it does not ignore the realities of the world. Real care honors the body.

Your wellness matters- your healing creates ripple effects.

I hold space for writers, dreamers, teachers, therapists, space
holders- I hold space for mothers, for daughters of immigrants who
have been taught to override the body.

We deserve better, and we can give that to ourselves-
We can choose to slow down and honor our bodies.

When we slow down and feel, we free ourselves from the past stories-
and make space for healing.

We can do both, honor our body & the collective body.

With love,

Dariela ❤️‍🔥

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