Ana Guadalupe Reyes, PhD, LPC, NCC, CHST

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Ana Guadalupe Reyes, PhD, LPC, NCC, CHST (elle|they|them|theirs) is a National Certified Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor (TX), and Certified Humanistic Sandtray Therapist. Dr. Reyes is also a Usui Reiki Master/Teacher who practices various forms of energy healing.

With over 13 years of experience working with underserved and never-served populations, including communities of color, immigrants, refugees, survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer clients in multiple settings, Dr. Reyes integrates somatic, liberatory, and holistic approaches into their work as a scholar, educator, advocate, and counselor. In these roles, they practice anti-oppressive and emancipatory approaches to counseling and research. Inspired by these approaches, Dr. Reyes engages in ongoing reflexivity, dialogue, and action with other researchers and clinicians to promote liberatory practices.

Ana Reyes

Core Faculty

School of Counseling, Psychology, and Therapy (CPT), Counseling Division

[email protected]

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling, University of North Texas
    • CACREP Accredited Program
    • Specializations: Equine-assisted psychotherapy, holistic and liberatory approaches to clinical practice, research, and counselor preparation
    • Dissertation: Centralizing the Voices and Experiences of Microaggressions of Queer Womxn of Color in Therapy
  • Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Marymount University
    • CACREP Accredited Program
    • Specializations: Adolescents, Multicultural Counseling with Immigrants and Refugees
  • Bachelor of Criminal Justice in Forensic Psychology, Tiffin University
    • Specializations: Addiction Counseling

My teaching philosophy embraces ongoing self-discovery, vulnerability, and purposeful dialogue with students. Informed by my own experiences as a student, teacher, organizer, client, and counselor, as well as Freire’s critical pedagogy and Mezirow’s transformative learning theories, I see the classroom as a space to collaboratively and creatively examine and transform power dynamics. As an anti-racist educator, I employ a relational and cultural approach to respond to students’ needs and support them in exploring their identities, critically assessing power dynamics, and developing the specialized knowledge necessary to become culturally responsive, socially-just counselors.

“I celebrate teaching that enables transgressions—a movement against and beyond boundaries. It is that movement which makes education the practice of freedom.” ~bell hooks

I am a socially-just qualitative researcher committed to scholarly work that is action-oriented, liberatory, and anti-oppressive. My dissertation research explored queer womxn of color’s (QWoC) experiences of microaggressions in therapy using intersectionality theory (Crenshaw, 1989) and photovoice methodology (Wang, 1999; Wang & Burris, 1997). In collaboration with seven QWoC who courageously shared their experiences of microaggressions in therapy, I developed a photovoice exhibit, Through Our Lens, to increase awareness of co-researchers’ experiences in therapy.

My research interests are diverse yet grounded in participatory action research (PAR) principles. PAR provides a research framework in which participants are more than subjects onto which research is conducted. Unlike other research methodologies, PAR “is considered democratic, equitable, liberating, and life-enhancing” (MacDonald, 2012, p. 35) because this methodology requires the collection and analysis of data to drive action and create change in the lives of co-researchers, marginalized communities, and society at large (Kidd & Kral, 2005; Latz, 2017). I am interested in exploring QWoC’s resilience, resistance, and factors that support their healing. I am also interested in research related to the lived experiences and mental health needs of Latinx/Latine folx, particularly queer and [un]documented Latinx/Latine communities, the integration of indigenous healing approaches into counseling, and the development of bilingual counselors and culturally conscious counselors. I enjoy partnering with communities and students to co-create research studies that are healing and liberatory for all involved.

  • Reyes, A. G., White, M. E., & Lindo, N. A. (2024). Integrating spirituality in counseling with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer clients. Counseling and Values, 69(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1163/2161007x-bja10012
  • Reyes, A. G., Capraro, A. E., & Rodríguez Delgado, M. (2024). Co-creando rituales / co-creating rituals to hold our work as anti-oppressive counselors and researchers. The Qualitative Report, 29(4), 1085-1102. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2024.6987
  • Baggerly, J., Ceballos, P., Rodriguez, M. & Reyes, A. G. (2022). Cultural adaptations for disaster response for children in Puerto Rico. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmcd.12246
  • Cartwright, A. D., Barrio Minton, C., Reyes, A. G., Abernathy, M., & Groves, K. (2022). Predictors of social intelligence, empathy, and self-efficacy among sexual offenders. Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 14(1), 2-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaoc.12098
  • Tapia-Fuselier, J. L., Jr., Ray, D. C., Allan, R., & Reyes, A. G. (2022). Emotionally focused therapists’ experiences serving interabled couples in couple therapy: An interpretive phenomenological analysis. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12594

International – Refereed Presentation

  • Reyes, A. G., (2022, November). Beyond the counseling room: Practicing transformative & liberatory research. Content session at the 2022 Mental Health Connections: Building a Global Counseling Community Conference. Virtual Conference.

National – Refereed Presentations

  • Chan, D. & Reyes, A. G. (2024, June). Doing justice for intersectionality: An application to counseling practice with LGBTQIA+ communities. Webinar for the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities series. Webinar through TPN.health.
  • Aaron, S., Reyes, A. G., & Johnson, K. (2024, May). Centering language: Honoring gender-expansive clients through the use of pronouns. Webinar for the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities series. Webinar through TPN.health.
  • Reyes, A. G., & Bulalacao, L. (2024, April). Cosechando poder through transformative research practices. Mentor-Led Presentation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
  • Bulalacao, L., & Reyes, A. G. (2024, April). Creating counterspaces and counternarratives in research. Student-Led Presentation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
  • Reyes, A. G., Schroeder, G., Holmes, K., Pollok, M. A., Pham, J. H., & Perry-Wilson, T. M. (2024, March). Through our lens: Exhibiting decolonized research and clinical practice in action. Session at the National Board of Certified Counselors Foundation Symposium, Washington, D.C.
  • Reyes, A. G., Godoy, B. R., & Holmes, K. (2023, December). Honoring and identifying the cultural wisdom of LGBTQ+ people of color for healing and transformation. Webinar for the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities series. Webinar through TPN.health.
  • Faculty Recognition for Excellence, California State University, 2023
  • ‘Ohana Award, Counselors for Social Justice, 2022
  • Education Committee Co-Chair, Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE), Present
  • Advisory Council Member, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Leadership Academy, 2023 – Present
  • Co-Founder, Liberatory Research Collective, 2022 – Present
  • Bilingual (Spanish and English) Research Group Leader, Network for Antiracist Teaching in Counseling, 2022 – Present 
  • American Counseling Association, 2013 – Present
  • Association for Counselor Education & Supervision, 2017 – 2020; 2022 – Present
  • Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development, 2017 – Present
  • Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling, 2016 – Present
  • Chi Sigma Iota, 2022 – Present
  • Counselors for Social Justice, 2019 – 2020; 2022 – Present
  • Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, 2022 – Present
  • Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities, 2014 – Present