Marcela Mota Aversa, LMHC

Marcela Mota Aversa is a bilingual therapist who was born and raised in Mexico City and has made Boston her home for the past 26 years. She is an LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) with over twenty years of clinical experience, including four years practicing in Massachusetts, and brings both professional training and personal perspective to her work.

Marcela studied her field more than once, building a broad foundation that informs a generalist, family-primary-care approach to care. Her style is co-constructivist, collaborative, strength-based, and solution-oriented. She treats each person as the expert in their own story and offers companionship and guidance to help clients move toward their goals.

With 16 years in 12-step based recovery, Marcela also draws on lived experience when appropriate and welcomes conversations about recovery and mutual-support approaches. She is a strong advocate for teletherapy and views remote sessions as an efficient, practical way to access care, offering video, phone, chat, and messaging as ways to connect.

Marcela is deeply interested in people and their stories and seeks to create a space where clients feel seen and supported. She approaches each relationship with the expectation that people who seek help can make meaningful changes, and she looks forward to hearing and walking alongside those who reach out.