MARCELA A. BONAFINA, PH.D.
Psychologist
Neuropsychologist
"Intrigued by the power of our unconscious minds, our rebellious thoughts, and our puzzling feelings, I have been studying the relationship between brain and behavior for over 20 years. It's been a captivating journey that still continues to amaze me every day".
Dr. Marcela A. Bonafina
“At any given moment, you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end.”
C. Mason Miller
“Love is giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it.”
J. Lacan
"A brain scan may reveal the neural signs of anxiety, but a Kokoschka painting, or a Schiele self-portrait, reveals what an anxiety state really feels like. Both perspectives are necessary if we are to fully grasp the nature of the mind, yet they are rarely brought together."
E. Kandel
SERVICES
INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
COUPLES THERAPY
CLINICAL AND FORENSIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSESSMENTS
PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES (PNES)
Treatment of seizures that are caused by psychological stress and not by epilepsy.
"You’ve just been told that those seizures you’ve been having for months or years and that have been making a mess of your life aren’t actually due to epilepsy and that instead they are caused by psychological stress. Maybe you’re discharged from the hospital by your neurologist with a name and a number of a mental health professional who can start treating you, but too often you leave the hospital with nothing other than the name of your disorder: psychogenic non-epileptic seizures" - Lorna V. Myers, Ph.D.
