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

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

I make visual art and offer virtual consultation.

I believe that grief, dreaming and embodiment are powerful components of change-making and world-building.

I am engaged with the project of liberation.

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, oppression, power, philosophy, cultural entanglements & the earth. Who we are and where we come from are questions of great interest to me.

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 art & 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. Not knowing interests me more than knowing.

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