Leticia Avery
Licensed Clinical Social Worker Supervisor (LCSW-S)- TX
She /Her/ Ella- Spanish Speaking provider
Pediatric Hematology Social Worker Bilingual Clinician (Spanish/English)
Leticia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker–Supervisor with over a decade of experience supporting children, adolescents, and families through medical, emotional, and systemic challenges. As a Latina and Spanish‑speaking clinician, she brings a lived understanding of the cultural strengths and barriers present in many underserved communities. This allows her to create a therapeutic space where clients feel genuinely seen, respected, and understood.
Her work is shaped by years in pediatric hematology, early childhood intervention, and immigrant youth shelters. She shows up with warmth, steadiness, and cultural attunement, helping clients build resilience, clarity, and connection during difficult seasons. Leticia is trained in play therapy and is completing her certification, expected in 2026, allowing her to support children through developmentally appropriate, expressive, and relational approaches.
My Approach
Leticia integrates solution‑focused therapy, play therapy principles, mindfulness‑based practices, and developmentally attuned interventions to meet clients where they are. She has extensive experience supporting children with chronic medical conditions, unaccompanied minors, and families navigating trauma, transition, and systemic barriers.
Her work is grounded in:
Collaborative goal‑setting
Strengths‑based and culturally attuned care
Trauma‑informed practice
Mindfulness and therapeutic yoga principles
Play‑based interventions for children and adolescents
Family‑centered support and advocacy
She believes healing happens in relationship — through safety, trust, and the steady presence of someone who listens deeply and honors each person’s lived experience.
Background & Experience
Leticia has served as a Pediatric Hematology Social Worker at UTHealth San Antonio since 2016, providing psychosocial assessments, individual and family therapy, and medical case management for children with chronic blood disorders. Her earlier work includes clinical roles in shelters for unaccompanied undocumented minors, early childhood intervention services, and research and field education support at the Worden School of Social Service.
She has facilitated therapeutic groups, provided staff trainings, supervised MSW interns, and collaborated across interdisciplinary medical teams. Her professional development includes training in play therapy (certification expected 2026), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), financial social work, mindfulness and therapeutic yoga (500‑hour certified yoga teacher), and trauma‑informed care for immigrant and refugee youth. She has presented at pediatric grand rounds, bioethics committees, community workshops, and national conferences.