Ximena Bravo

Counselor
Ximena Bravo is the founder and owner of the private practice Compassionate Holistic Counseling. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 14 years of experience, she works with children, adolescents and adults who are coping with life due to trauma, depression, anxiety, grief and/or any other life changing situations.
She enjoys working at Yesterday's Gone as the role aligns with meaningful trauma-informed empowerment work, provides a mission-driven environment, offers a multidisciplinary team context, supports real life transitions (housing + coaching + therapy), and gives her the chance to make visible impact. It’s an opportunity to blend clinical skills with social impact rather than purely seeing clients in isolation in her private practice. Ximena is also bicultural and bilingual (English/Spanish).
Ximena has a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Psychology and a Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois. She began her career working in social service agencies in Chicago serving inner city youth in school settings as well as community family violence intervention programs. She later transitioned to working in the healthcare field as a Behavioral Health Consultant for Federally Qualified Health Care Centers in the Western Suburbs of Chicago, serving at-risk populations as well as the uninsured and underinsured. Ximena and her family moved to Texas in 2021 where she continues her work in private practice.
Outside of work, Ximena enjoys watching sports, trying new vegetarian restaurants, and spending time outdoors with her family and rescue dogs.