Meet the Team
In therapy we unlock answers from within. We learn from the past, we heal old wounds and we figure out how to move forward. Therapy helps us have someone who can help teach us and gain perspective, but also to be a place of self discovery and healing.
Felix A. Perez, LCSW (he/him)
Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist
CEO & Owner of Perez Therapy, LLC
Why did you become a therapist?
Being a therapist is such an intimate way of helping someone, and I appreciate playing this very special role. Helping people reach their personal goals and find relief from stress, depression, and anxiety is a rewarding and powerful experience.
As a client myself in therapy, I've gained perspective, gotten advice and been taught things. But what has helped most is to learn and understand and love all parts of me. We all have parts of ourselves that can frustrate us, parts that get hurt through life, and can result in guilt and shame. Through therapy, I believe that we can better understand ourselves, and the complex parts that make us up.
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Clinical Training & Interests
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Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness
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Cognitive & Behavioral Therapy frameworks
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Psychodynamic, Insight-oriented
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Trauma-Informed, Attachment Theory & Motivational Interviewing
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Gottman Method couples therapy
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Education & Credentials
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker, PA #CW017867, 2013
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Master of Social Work - University of Pennsylvania, 2006
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Bachelor of Social Work - Temple University, 2004
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Treatment Areas: Adult Therapy, Teen Therapy, Couples Counseling
Specialty Groups: BIPOC, Latinos/Latinas/Latines, LGBTQIA+, poly-affirming
Languages: English & Spanish
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Working with Individuals
My practice with individuals is first built on developing a warm, welcoming and familiar relationship. Though the goal in my first session is to get to know you, my goal is also to help you feel at ease and understood. Over a few sessions I'll ask questions to get to understand what brought you here, who you are and what has happened to you in life. You'll want to get a sense of who I am as a therapist beyond what you can read on this page. You'll want to know how I intend to help and should hope to feel a little confidence in who you're receiving help from. I help people gain perspective, learn skills, get practical advice, make strategies, but also understand all parts of themselves.
My psychotherapy practices are relational, insight-oriented and trauma-informed. In my individual work, help people tell their story, we work on strategies to help you cope and manage and I can give practical advice. But my practice also helps people explore parts of themselves to understand themselves better. My therapy practice uses Internal Family Systems to help us understand the network of parts that make us up - our internal family.
I also believe that while I bring and understanding of psychology, human development, coping skills, and can be a safe person with whom to talk about life challenges, my role as a therapist is to help you understand yourself and find the wisdom within. Sure, a therapist can help give you advice, but often the true solution to our problems lies underneath all our parts and in our wise mind center - a Self, our center of consciousness. The place within us that is curious, calm, confident, courageous, creative, connected and clear. Through therapy, we can explore our parts, gain insight, heal wounds, and lead all parts of ourselves.
Working with Couples
Often when couples approach me for therapy the issues that have brought them are long-standing. There may be some frustration and hopelessness about how to move ahead in the relationship. In my work with couples, my job is to work myself out of a job. My approach to help you navigate the challenges and teach you the tools to manage the relationship moving forward; without a therapist.
My perspective on couples work starts with my understanding and relationship with each person in the couple. Often when there is an external conflict, there is an inner one as well. Through our work as a couple, and individually, we can help each partner understand themselves as well as understand their partners better.
Practically in my work with couples I utilize Gottman Method. This couples practice is founded by leading researchers and psychologists in the field of couples counseling. This approach is practical in its approach by offering couples concrete tools for understanding their partner and resolving problems. We learn and discover how common issues like criticism, defensiveness, contempt and stonewalling get in the way of solving problems and learn how to remedy them.
Often couples can need help with holding each other accountable to promises kept and having a fair method of negotiation and problem solving. I help couples process a regrettable incident, gain problem solving techniques and de-escalate to help keep cool heads to focus on being solution focused. Couples can regain hope in a relationship that has been riddled with problems, and couples can rekindle passion.
My practice is affirming of people of all sexualities and genders. In addition to working with heterosexual and monogamous couples, my work is affirming of LGBTQIA+ and polyamorous couples. I offer couples counseling in Spanish as well.
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What is IFS?
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How do you do IFS?
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What is Self?
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Mindfulness Videos
See our YouTube videos on mindfulness meditation, inspired by Internal Family Systems IFS
Quick Summary about Felix
Felix is a psychotherapist, CEO and owner of Perez Therapy, LLC, a specialty group psychotherapy practice. Felix provides individual therapy, couples counseling, clinical supervision for therapists and professional consultation services. Felix is a Philadelphia native who completed graduate training at the University of Pennsylvania and post-graduate clinical training at Temple University. Over the past 17+ years, he has worked in various positions of leadership in mental health and addiction services at behavioral health agencies in Philadelphia. He has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania since 2013.
As a therapist, Felix has a relational, insight-oriented and trauma-informed approach. His work utilizes mindfulness approaches, behavioral skills and discovery through the exploration of all of our parts through Internal Family Systems. An approach that helps us understand the network of parts that make us - our internal family of parts. In his work with couples, Felix blends his individual approaches with clients with Gottman Method, a leading couples counseling approach.
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