About Us
Libni López, LMFT-S
He/him/El
Mental Health Therapist and Clinical Supervisor
I’m an independently licensed psychotherapist and founder of Authentically You Therapy, LLC. My clinical background and training include working with couples, family therapy, transitional-aged-youth (TAY), multicultural counseling, substance/co-occurring disorders, individuals living with HIV, and the LGBTQ/Queer community. My main focus in the past 6 years has been working with trans and non-binary individuals who are working towards receiving gender affirming care. I am bilingual and fully fluent in English and Spanish.
Additionally, outside of his clinical practice, my special interest and passion also includes being involved in supporting actions and causes that support immigrant’s rights. As an immigrant myself, I have been invested in supporting the visibility of undocumented and DACAmented youth and I volunteer with local non-profit groups and community members who provide advocacy and have participated and have been an invited speaker at demonstrations in Oberlin and Cleveland.
My greatest passion has always involved empowering individuals to find connection, meaning, and healing that centers on them.
Marissa Valentine
She/her/hers
Marriage and Family Therapist Intern
I’m a graduate student at Abilene Christian University, where I am pursuing a master’s with a clinical specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy. Previously I worked as at the Women’s Rape and Crisis Center in Bay City, Tx.
My therapeutic experience began with my work at the Crisis Center utilizing Narrative Therapy to assist clients in the understanding of their story, with the end goal of guiding clients toward how to reauthor these stories by dissecting past emotions and actions. I enjoy utilizing motivational interviewing to help clients evoke their own ideas about change and hope for the future, and look forward to being of service.
Our Philosophy
We believe that mental health is very much related to how one connects to themselves and others. Isolation and lack of connection is what can lead to difficulties with mental health. Therapy is a place where one can feel connected, secure, and able to feel understood without judgment.
What’s good therapy?
Good therapy has many layers. One is being able to connect well with your therapist, being able to be vulnerable enough to start to explore parts of self that can be uncomfortable, things that bring shame. Good therapy also means that we want to begin to have the conversation about our own mental health even before we have a one-on-one with a therapist. It’s not about knowing the answers to our healing but rather being interested in the questions on what good mental health looks like for us.