Mtra. Sindy Adriana Castillo Vera
Sometimes life puts us through difficult times
Anxiety that won't let go, grief, relationship struggles, or a legal process of violence or custody that's overwhelming you. You don't have to face it alone — I'll walk beside you with warmth, no judgment, and professional and legal backing when your case needs it.
📍 Havre #239-101, Col. Díaz Ordaz, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Services
How I can help you
Two paths under one roof: your emotional well-being and legal support when you need it.
Therapy & well-being
Clinical psychology
Anxiety & panic attacks
Regain calm with tools that actually work day to day.
Depression & grief
Warm support to feel like yourself again.
Trauma & PTSD
Process what you lived through without the constant pain.
Couples therapy
Reconnect and learn to communicate differently.
Addictions
Real, judgment-free support in your recovery.
Children & teens
Sensitive guidance for every stage.
Forensic & legal
When you need legal backing
Vicarious violence
I assess and document harm when you're hurt through your daughters and sons.
Family & gender violence
Psychological expert report that provides technical support for your case before the judge.
Custody & parental alienation
Parental fitness assessment, always safeguarding the rights of children and adolescents.
Sexual offenses
Victimological evaluation with a gender and human-rights lens, and dignified care.
Testimony credibility
Specialized reports for oral trials.
Comprehensive redress of harm
Psychological backing for your life project.
The difference of a specialized clinical psychologist
A university degree prepares a general psychologist. Practicing as a clinical psychologist requires a specialty and postgraduate training, plus multidisciplinary work — referring and collaborating as a team with other specialties to care for you as a whole.
How it works
First contact
Write to me on WhatsApp, tell me your situation and we book your first session — in person or online.
Assessment
We review your case. If it's clinical, we set a plan; if it's forensic, the studies and timelines for the report.
Support
We move forward together: ongoing therapy or delivery of your expert report with professional backing.
Questions people often ask me
What is vicarious violence?
What is parental alienation?
How do I know if I need help with anxiety?
Do you offer online sessions?
Experience you can trust
Master in Integrative Psychotherapy and in Forensic & Legal Psychology (thesis in progress), clinical psychologist and forensic psychology expert witness with over 15 years of experience across private practice, university teaching and the courts. I support emotional processes with a human, integrative approach —Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness— and, as a court-appointed expert, I prepare legally-valid psychological reports for cases of violence, custody and offenses. Available in person in Versalles, Puerto Vallarta, and online.
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Education
- •Master's in Forensic & Legal Psychology — thesis in progress
- •Master's in Integrative Psychotherapy — Instituto Matatipac
- •Bachelor's in Psychology — University of Guadalajara (UDG)
- •Diploma in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) & Mindfulness — Albert Ellis Institute, Argentina
- •Diploma in Legal Psychology — UDG
- •Diploma in Psychological Expert Reports — Centro Integral de Psicología, Tepic
- •Bachelor's in Primary Education — Colegio Técnico Decroly
Certifications
- •Effective documentation of the Istanbul Protocol — Grupo PERMA
- •Expert evidence guidelines — Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico
- •The expert witness in oral trials
- •Femicide case processing — Forensic Legal Advisors
- •Forensic evaluation in psychology and psychiatry — Grupo PERMA
- •Testimony credibility — Grupo PERMA
- •Forensic victimological assessment
- •Vicarious violence: a clinical perspective
- •False memories and their impact on judicial cases
- •Forensic interviewing — sandbox technique
- •Psychological support for children and adolescents in legal proceedings
- •Comprehensive redress of harm: life project
- •Post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological trauma testing
- •Addictions course endorsed by CISAME Puerto Vallarta
- •Psychopharmacology — EDUCAR CDMX
- •Gut-brain axis and psychonutrition
- •Forensic evidence workshop — SEMEFO
- •Forensic informatics — Guadalajara Court of Justice
- •ICD-11 International Classification of Diseases update
- •Active member of the Guadalajara College of Psychologists
Experience
- •Clinical, educational and legal-forensic psychotherapist (current practice)
- •Court-appointed psychological expert — family, criminal and violence cases
- •Lecturer — Universidad Vizcaya de Puerto Vallarta
- •Lecturer — CECYTEJ 07, Puerto Vallarta
- •Coordinator — Colegio México Americano
- •Psychologist — Addiction Rehabilitation Center (CREAD)
- •External trainer — Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
Book an appointment with Mtra. Sindy Adriana Castillo Vera
We are located in the heart of Versalles, Puerto Vallarta's top medical district.