WORDS ARE BRIDGES
for healing our trauma, reclaiming our voice, and reshaping community narratives.
Maybe you’ve struggled to find the right words. Maybe you’ve been silenced, misunderstood, displaced—or simply unsure of how to express what lives inside you.
In the wake of trauma, transition, or disconnection, language can feel distant or unfamiliar. But it can also be a path back—to yourself, to others, to a story you can stand inside with strength.
This space is built for that journey.
Here, words are not just tools—they’re companions. Through poetry, narrative, and guided dialogue, you’re invited to explore your voice, name your experience, and begin to shape meaning from it.
Whether you’re here to reconnect with language, process trauma, or simply find your way back to expression—you’re in the right place.
Hi, I’m María
transdisciplinary poetry therapy practitioner & educator
with a holistic approach & trauma-informed lenses
As a transdisciplinary poetry therapy practitioner and educator, I use the power of language—especially poetry and personal narrative—to support healing, expression, and transformation.
Through trauma-informed, culturally responsive practices, I create spaces where individuals and communities can reconnect with their inner voice, explore lived experiences, and reimagine their stories. Whether working with people learning a new language, working in education, or simply navigating self-doubt, low self-esteem, or uncertainty in how to express themselves, my approach integrates verbal mediation, creative facilitation, and reflective dialogue to nurture voice, visibility, and belonging.
In a world where language can wound or silence, I choose to work with it gently, purposefully—so that words can become bridges back to ourselves and to each other.
1:1 sessions
Language is fluid. It has always been our most human tool—a way to say, “This is how I experience the world. And you?”
We created language not just to describe, but to connect—to name our inner worlds and witness each other’s truths. But somewhere along the way, we lost that intention. Language was bent into a weapon—used to dominate, silence, divide. When words fail to reflect our inner reality… when we can’t speak what we feel or feel unseen in what we say… communication breaks down.
And with it, connection.
But communication can be repaired.
Language can be reclaimed.
We can return to it—not as a performance, but as a practice of presence.
Through deep listening, intentional dialogue, and expressive writing, we can begin to name what was once unspeakable. We can find clarity in confusion, voice in silence, and shared meaning in difference.In a world flooded with noise, misinformation, and disconnection, this work is an invitation:
To slow down.
To speak honestly.
To listen fully.
To rebuild the bridges that make us feel less alone.
A small number of spaces are available to work with me 1:1. If that’s of interest, please get in touch and let me know where you’re at and what you’re looking for support with.
BIO
María is a transdisciplinary poetry therapy practitioner and educator working at the intersection of mental health, language, and creative expression. With a professional background as a language teacher and coach, she brings a trauma-informed, narrative-based approach to her work, using poetry and verbal mediation to support individuals—particularly those navigating displacement, marginalization, or challenges with self-expression—in reclaiming their voice and reshaping their personal narratives.
Her practice blends education, psychosocial care, and the arts to foster healing, empowerment, and social transformation. A systems thinker with a deep curiosity about how the mind works, she is committed to both personal and societal well-being.
She lives between northern Spain and southern Ireland, and her work serves both local communities and a global audience through online spaces. Spanish is her mother tongue, English her primary language of professional expression—but neither tells the whole story. Her approach to language is fluid, relational, and rooted in the belief that authentic self-expression is a vital force for connection and change.
TRAINING
▻ Diploma in trauma and mental health informed schools and communities (Level 5 diploma, practitioner status) by TISUK (2024).
▻ Trauma-Informed Teaching, delivered by educational consultant Ryhan Nadji (2022).
▻ Intercultural Awareness, HSE, Ireland (2022).
▻ Understanding trauma and supporting the needs of people fleeing war and/or persecution, webinar delivered by Jennifer Hayes, Department of Psychology, HSE, Ireland (2022).
▻ Poetry Therapy Practitioner by iaPoetry (2023).
▻ Emotional learning based on thought training by Instituto Cervantes (2017).
▻ Transforming Business, Society and Self with u.Lab (Online, MIT X, 2016)
▻ DELE and SIELE examiner by Instituto Cervantes (2014, 2016)
▻ Diploma Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language by Instituto Cervantes (2011)
▻ MA. in Scenery Arts by Universidad de Burgos. (2008)
▻ BA. in Humanities (Applied Languages) by Universidad de Burgos (2005).
Informal research and training in embodied/experiential learning, integrational lingüistics, identity, multiculturalism and multilingualism, creative writing.
Get in touch
Whether you would like to have a consultation, obtain more information about working with me on 1:1 sessions or participate in the group therapy sessions, the best way to do that is by email ([email protected]) or by filling up the contact form in the contact page.
