Biography

Dr. Estefanía Simich Muñoz, Ph.D., LCPC, CST, CST-S is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Board Approved Supervisor in Maryland, and Andean Healer. She is also an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor and the former AASECT Sex Therapist Certification Chair. She is the owner of a private bilingual sexuality practice, and founder of the Pachamama Retreat, Training and Healing Center in Maryland, where she utilizes Andean healing and other holistic modalities to assist her clients.

She is passionate about supporting migrant populations who have experienced violence and sexual trauma. As well as working with couples from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. In the past, she has acted as an immigration court expert on gender violence and sexual violence cases involving Latin American migrants. She has worked in the non-profit and governmental sectors in Peru, The Netherlands and the US.

Dr. Simich Muñoz enjoys sharing her clinical and professional experience by incorporating an intersectional lens into her teaching to challenge students to conceptualize cases in a variety of ways. Her main goal is to guide clinicians on their journey of becoming sexuality professionals by providing a safe space for dialogue.