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We don't have to do it all alone. We were never meant to.
- Brene Brown
We don't have to do it all alone. We were never meant to.
- Brene Brown
We don't have to do it all alone. We were never meant to.
- Brene Brown
"I survived because I remained soft, because I listened."
- Chanel Miller
Zoul Vidalon
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, #149352
Phone:
(408) 641-1407
Email:
Rate: (Out of network provider)
Individual therapy: $175
Couples therapy: $185
Family therapy: $185
Language:
English
Supports
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Sexual Assault, DV, IPV
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Eating Disorder Recovery
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Attachment Focused Couples Therapy
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Childhood Trauma & Play/Art Therapy
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Neurodivergence & Identity Development
Work Experience
Background
Education
Specializations
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Intensive Outpatient Therapist, Starlight Community Services
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Wraparound Therapist, Seneca Family of Agencies
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Associate Behavioral Program Supervisor, Discovery Hope
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Registered Behaviorist Technician & Early Interventionist, Bay Area Behavioral Connections
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Behavioral Specialist, Children Health Council
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M.A., Counseling Psychology
Santa Clara University
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B.A., Psychology
San Jose State University
EATING DISORDERS
Beneath the food rules, body thoughts and internal negotiations, there is often a deeper story to be heard. My own experience with an eating disorder and the stability I've built in recovery shape how I show up clinically -- with compassion for the complexity of healing and that this healing journey is far from linear.
AFRID(Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
Trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and sensory-aware care
Anorexia/Atypical Anorexia
DBT-informed approaches addressing restrictive eating, rigidity, perfectionism and body image distress.
OSFED(Other specified feeding or eating disorders)
Exploration of emotional patterns, distress tolerance, and regulation
Bulimia Nervosa
Identifying emotional triggers and restriction-binge-purge cycles
Binge-Eating Disorder
Building self-compassion, reducing shame, generating alternative coping skills.
COUPLES THERAPY
Relationships can hold some of our deepest wounds and greatest opportunities for healing. My work with couples explores how attachment wounds, sexual trauma, and past unhealthy relationships shape communication, conflict, intimacy, and trust.
Attachment-Based
Exploring attachment wounds, trust, relationship patterns, communication, and recurring conflict.
Trauma-Responsive Care
Understanding how our past beginnings and endings of relationships shape our present connections, intimacy, and emotional safety.
Somatic Practice
Incorporating grounding, body awareness, and movement to support emotional regulation and connection.
Safety in Sexuality & Intimacy
Exploring sex, desire, pleasure, boundaries, and shame in a supporting and nonjudgmental space
As a neurodivergent therapist, my lived experience informs how I show up - with curiosity, compassion, and respect for the ways each person experiences the world differently. Together we'll look beyond the behaviors and labels to better understand our sensory needs, emotional regulation, communication, and daily living skills.
ADHD
Supporting executive functioning, organization, and task initiation
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Exploring sensory needs, communication differences, self-advocacy, supporting identity development, addressing masking
Dyslexia & Dyscalculia
Addressing learning-related stress, anxiety, and frustration in order to build confidence and self-empowerment while navigating nuance and challenge.
Sensory Processing Differences
Understanding individual sensory needs and navigating sensory overwhelm while building awareness and emotional regulation.
NEURODIVERGENCE
A Bit About Me
I believe tenderness is not a weakness. That softness is not surrender. That being gentle does not mean giving up the power of our voice.
As a Latina, neurodivergent therapist, and someone with my own journey through eating disorder recovery, I know healing is not about becoming untouched by what we've survived. It's about learning to feel safe in our bodies, trust our voices, and build stability without demanding perfectionism from ourselves. Our identities, our histories, and the systems we navigate shape how we learn to survive -- and sometimes, survival means making ourselves smaller to belong.
But we were never meant to spend our whole lives shrinking. there is power in finding our voice after we've been silenced. There is power in naming what happened, honoring what we've carried, and reclaiming the parts of ourselves we learned to hide.
We choose what we carry onward.