My name is Elena. I’m a LatinX, queer artist, and creative consultant.

I was formally trained as a clinical social worker. I’ve been engaged with the practice of psychotherapy since 2003.

I believe that art, dreaming and embodied movement are powerful components of change-making and world-building.

I am engaged with the project of liberation. I live in solidarity with vulnerability and suffering.

I believe that groups are metabolic organisms that can be life & creativity-sustaining during times of compound crisis.

I’m a life-long student of neurodiversity, psychology, language, history, war, displacement, climate, science, power, cultural entanglements & the earth.

I live & work on the unceded land of the Tonkawa, Jumanos, Comanche & Lipan Apache peoples - also known as central Texas.

My relatives lived in Mexico (the Zacatecas & Aguas Calientes regions), Poland & other Western European countries before settling in North America in the early-20th & late-19th centuries respectively. I was born in Waco, Texas in 1983.

I love my three elderly dogs, reading, art, tv, music & sunsets. I love to collaborate.

I make visual art and offer virtual consultation.

I write sometimes. I read a lot. {Reading list.} I share the things I make with the hope that they are useful to others. I serve as a relational convener and curiosity generator.

You are welcome to visit my Substack to read more about me and my vocational work or join my Patreon for art + conversation. I conduct all meetings virtually. If you are interested in a virtual group or individual consultation, feel free to contact me.

-Elena Solano, feelingndealing@gmail.com