Cannenta Center

This Labor Day, we celebrate the dedication, resilience, and contributions of workers everywhere, especially the compassionate professionals who work each day to strengthen the well-being of our communities. 💚

From all of us at Cannenta, we wish you a safe, restful, and joyful Labor Day. May today offer you time to pause, recharge, and care for yourself, you’ve earned it!

Today’s the day!

We’re proud to share that our very own Maritza Ruiz, LCSW, will be presenting today on “The World is on Fire: What Do I Do? (Managing Stress in the Field).”

This FREE training offers 1 CEU and will provide practical tools and strategies for managing stress while doing the important work of serving our communities.

We’re so proud to have Maritza representing Cannenta and sharing her clinical knowledge and experience with fellow professionals.

There’s still time to register and join us today!

Register here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=U1R-1i9z3EqUpEiI8tl9XfPWoAgjYttHqFo-9NjUgn9UMVVCVUpIOUhSWVg3MFAwOEdaN1RVRzdZNS4u&route=shorturl

We are excited to share that our own Maritza Ruiz, LCSW, LCDC-I, will be presenting at the Dallas College Social Work Academy’s upcoming free virtual Lunch & Learn!

“The World is On Fire: What Do I Do? (Managing Stress in the Field)”

Maritza will lead an important conversation about recognizing and managing stress while working in the field and continuing to support the clients and communities we serve.

FREE Virtual Lunch & Learn
Friday, August 28, 2026
12:00–1:00 PM
1 CEU for participants who attend the full session

We are proud to have Maritza representing Cannenta Foundation and sharing her knowledge and experience with fellow social workers and helping professionals. Thank you to the Dallas College Social Work Academy for creating opportunities for continued learning and professional growth.

We hope you’ll join us!

Last night, Cannenta had the opportunity to attend an inspiring author talk and book signing with Leslie Priscilla at Whose Books celebrating the release of her debut book, Chancla: Healing Our Families, Ourselves, and Our Culture Through Nonviolent Parenting.

This conversation is especially meaningful to us. For the past five years, Cannenta has incorporated Leslie Priscilla principles into our work with families, helping parents strengthen connection, understand generational patterns, and build healthy parent-child relationships while honoring the culture and traditions that shape who we are.

Leslie’s work invites our community to have an important conversation: How do we celebrate the beauty and strength of our culture while also having the courage to examine traditions that may cause harm? And how do we create something healthier for the next generation?

We are excited to support Leslie in this important work and grateful to see conversations about connection, healing, and nonviolent parenting continuing to grow within the Hispanic community. We also look forward to collaborating with Leslie in the near future and finding new ways to bring this important work to the families and communities we serve.

Congratulations, Leslie, on Chancla and on creating space for families to reflect, heal, and grow together. 🩴❤️

San Antonio, meet Selma!

We’re so excited to introduce Selma Gutierrez, LPC-Associate, as the newest therapist on the Cannenta team!

Selma is a bilingual English/Spanish Latina therapist who brings warmth, compassion, and authenticity into the therapy room. She is passionate about creating a space where clients can show up exactly as they are - no judgment, no pressure, just genuine support and connection.

She works with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship challenges, and those moments when life simply feels like a lot. Using a trauma-informed and person-centered approach, Selma believes there is no one-size-fits-all path to healing. She meets clients where they are and walks alongside them as they build insight, resilience, and practical tools for lasting change.

And when Selma isn’t wearing her therapist hat? Family is at the heart of who she is. Her love of family, culture, and connection is part of the warmth she brings to her work and one of the many reasons she fits right in with the Cannenta familia.

Selma is now accepting clients:
📍 In person in San Antonio
💻 Virtually throughout Texas
🗣️ Services available in English and Spanish

Please help us give Selma a BIG Cannenta welcome! We are so happy to have her as part of our familia and can’t wait for our community to get to know her.

Selma Gutierrez, LPC-Associate
Supervised by Arthur Freyre, LPC-S

There is something powerful about what happens when those of us who serve our community come together for the same cause. When we collaborate instead of working in silos, we expand our reach, strengthen our resources, and make a much greater impact. ❤️

We are so grateful for our relationship with Therapy Works Counseling Therapy Works and for the way we continue to lift one another and our community up, especially during these difficult times. This is what community care looks like: showing up, sharing resources, and making sure our families know they are not alone.

A special thank you to Ana Marcela for always supporting Cannenta, believing in our mission, and standing alongside us as we work to create a healthier, stronger community.

Together, we can do so much more. 💛

Navegar el proceso migratorio puede ser abrumador, pero no tiene que hacerlo solo. 💛

Cannenta Center ofrece evaluaciones de inmigración compasivas y culturalmente sensibles en inglés y español. También contamos con servicios acelerados para las personas y familias que necesitan recibir su evaluación con mayor rapidez.

Llame al 214-267-9556 para obtener más información o programar su evaluación.

¡Hablamos español! 💙💚💛🧡💜

Puede que no vivas en la ciudad, pero tu acceso a la salud mental y el bienestar no debería depender de tu código postal.

En Cannenta Center for Healing and Empowerment, estamos comprometidos a llegar a cada rincón de Texas. Aunque nuestras oficinas están en Dallas y San Antonio, ofrecemos servicios virtuales para que puedas recibir apoyo desde donde estés: desde un pueblo pequeño, una comunidad rural o cualquier lugar entre medio.

💻 Terapia y servicios de salud mental virtuales en todo Texas
🩺 Aceptamos la mayoría de los seguros médicos
✅ Medicaid
✅ Medicare
✅ Muchos planes comerciales

Sabemos que los latinos estamos en todas partes, y creemos que todos merecen acceso a servicios de salud mental culturalmente sensibles, en inglés o español.

📍Dallas | San Antonio | Virtual en todo Texas
🌐 cannentacenter.com
📞 214-267-9556
📧 [email protected]

Tu bienestar. Tu voz. Tu comunidad. Nuestra misión.