Meet Our Team
Vanessa Sandoval
Life coach and counselor
Is a business and life coach, behavioral health counselor and a promoter of emotional wellbeing. She has a bachelor of science degree in International Relations from the Universidad Francisco Marroquin, a masters degree in Psychological Counseling and Mental Health from the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, and is a Certified Coach from the International Coaching Federation. Her evolving career in leadership and emotional intelligence has taken her to Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador. Driven by understanding human behavior, she takes pride in providing safe spaces so clients may do the work needed for their own growth. Her goals include enabling leaders to become self-aware and take responsibility for the impact of their actions in the organizations’ culture and collective behavior.
For over 12 years, she has been a noteworthy leader in the coaching space integrating technology to enhance desired outcomes through systemized follow up.
Vanessa’s growth mindset allows her to continue her own path of self-discovery as she is a firm believer of being well, to serve well.
Tina Cuellar
Psychotherapist
Holds a Master’s degree in counseling from the University of the West Indies. She has dedicated the past 16 years to helping children cope, understand and heal from their past and present emotional pain. Her work has been with high school and university students, adults, couples and primary level students. Although these individuals and their families, come from all walks of life, the burden of the pain they feel is very much the same. Tina’s practice areas are grief and loss, depression, anxiety, trauma, and stress management. With children she integrates play therapy. My goal is to have my clients understand that we all struggle from time to time and having an external view of a therapist can help one discover the tools one may already have to overcome the negative thoughts and emotions. Therapy is a journey we embark on together and the end goal is to have clients learn to live the life they’ve always envisioned with happiness and fulfillment
Martine King
Psychotherapist and Emotional Intelligence Practitioner
Holds a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Nottingham and various certifications in emotional intelligence, trauma, mindful practices and solution focused therapy. She has worked in the field of psychology for the past 15 year starting within the educational system and then for the past 10 years into private practice with corporations, educational institutions and with individuals, couples and families. In the past 5 years, she has done a lot of work with individuals and teams to bring about emotional and behavior change to increase productivity at work and an increased quality of life. Presently, she manages a not-for-profit, Mind Health Connect Belize and continues to work in private practice with a network of colleagues. Her practice areas include depression, anxiety, relationship management, trauma, emotional and behavior change, life satisfaction and wellness amongst others.
She utilizes psychotherapy methods to promote self-understanding and encouragement to adopt new attitudes and feelings towards life situations. It is essential to keep in mind that therapy is not a magic pill, it is a process that necessitates participation and investment from the client and therapist alike.
Yvette Hernandez
Psychotherapist
Holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a master’s degree in Psychotherapy and a diploma in couples therapy from Instituto Universitario Carl Rogers in Mexico. She has over ten years of experience working with adolescents and adults, specializing in anxiety, depression, grief & loss and relationship conflicts. She also has a passion for personal development.
Leon Leslie
psychologist
Holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and a post graduate diploma as a Sport Psychologist. He has dedicated the past 19 years helping adolescents and adults with their mental well being. His work has been both as a lecturer and counsellor at the University of Belize, young adults and recently with the Belize Police Department. Areas of work include depression, anxiety and psychosis to name a few. His overall goal is to promote mental health awareness in Belize especially among the male population.