I am a licensed clinical psychologist providing services in:
California (PSY# 31888)
New York (#024158) and
Nevada (PY 1017)
providing online psychological and neuropsychological services in both Spanish and English language.

Marlene Garza, Psy.D.

I am a bilingual, bicultural Chicana neuropsychologist raised in Thermal, CA on the land of the Cahuilla people—and the first in my family to graduate from college.

My work centers the people and communities too often overlooked in mental health spaces. I provide neuropsychological evaluations and therapeutic care rooted in cultural context, lived experience, and Liberation Psychology. That means I don’t just look for symptoms—I look at your story, your systems, and the strength it’s taken to survive in them.

I work with adolescents and adults navigating everything from trauma and chronic medical conditions to identity, postpartum issues, addiction, and systemic oppression. I privilege emotional emancipation, not just symptom management. My goal is always to help you uncover clarity, reclaim power, and find sustainable ways to live a healthier, more liberated life.

Whether I’m teaching, testing, or holding space in therapy, I bring a holistic, strengths-based approach. I believe your healing deserves nuance. It deserves rigor. And it deserves someone who sees the whole you—not just a diagnosis.

My training has taken me from student-led retention programs at UCLA to clinical work in LA’s public health system, medical rehabilitation hospitals in New York, and volunteer work supporting undocumented communities through Immigrants Rising. I have provided bilingual neurobehavioral evaluations with Nexus Clinical Solutions and currently work with Innovation Behavioral Health Solutions in Nevada providing neuropsychological and psychological assessments.

Outside of my clinical life, I’m a 21-time marathoner, CrossFit Level 1 trainer, and a dog foster-turned-rehabber for pups in need of both physical and psychological care. Service is my heartbeat—in and out of the office.

If you’re looking for a psychologist who will meet you with depth, honesty, and cultural integrity—you’re in the right place.

Have a look at my CV below for more details.