There is a level of integration most practitioners never find.

I work there exclusively.

Hi, I’m Ana Maria.

I am a licensed psychological advisor, founder, speaker, writer, and the creator of the Selva Method. For over twelve years I have worked at the deepest levels of human transformation with some of the most high capacity people in the world.

I have a rare ability to see the full architecture of a person quickly and precisely: the nervous system patterns, the psychological blueprint, the inherited lineage conditioning, and know exactly where the real work begins.

Most practitioners spend months searching for what I can locate in a session.

There is a particular kind of practitioner that high capacity people eventually find themselves looking for. Not a therapist. Not a coach. Someone who works at a different level entirely.

I spent over twelve years becoming that person.

As a licensed clinical mental health therapist with a practice that carried a two year waiting list, I built one of the most sought after reputations in my field. I founded and own Selva Wellness Collective in Austin, Texas, a boutique private practice that grew into a full team of clinicians, healers, and wellness practitioners united by a single conviction that lasting change requires working with the whole person, not just the presenting problem.

My clients have included

high profile athletes carrying the invisible psychological weight of elite performance, Fortune 150 chief executives navigating the gap between outer influence and inner coherence, and multiple bestselling authors working at the intersection of creative identity and personal evolution. In the entertainment industry I have worked with SXSW, documentary directors and high profile actors whose names and faces belong to some of the most celebrated projects of this generation. Founders and business owners navigating the pressure of scaling without losing themselves round out a client world that spans industries and continents.

Over the course of my career I have led dozens of retreats locally and internationally, worked with clients across the globe, spoken publicly on the intersection of psychology, nervous system science, emotional intelligence, relationships, and conscious leadership, and am currently writing my first book, bringing the depth and precision of this work into a framework accessible to a wider world.

But none of this is what drives me.

What drives me is a conviction I have carried since before the success arrived: that the systems designed to support healing need an upgrade. That they routinely exclude the people who need them most. That BIPOC communities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and lower income families deserve access to the same depth, precision, and quality of care that elite performers receive as a matter of course.

Selva Wellness Collective was founded as an act of disruption. A boutique private practice built to be both excellent and accessible. Both clinically rigorous and radically inclusive. I have never believed those things are in conflict. I have spent over a decade proving they are not.

What I discovered

in that decade, working at the most acute levels of trauma, attachment, nervous system science, and identity, was this: beneath every pattern is a blueprint. That beneath every blueprint is a lineage. And that sustainable transformation requires working at all three levels simultaneously: the body, the psychology, and the inherited conditioning that shaped both.

That discovery became the Selva Method.

The foundations of this work sit at the intersection of ancient wisdom and western science. Not as a compromise between the two but as a recognition that neither is complete without the other. Western clinical psychology gives us precision, evidence, and structure. Ancient eastern and indigenous traditions give us depth, lineage, and a relationship with the body, the earth, and each other that modern medicine has largely abandoned.

This is why the people I work with do not just experience shifts in performance and leadership. They experience shifts in how they love, how they attach, how they show up in their closest relationships, and how they move through conflict, intimacy, and loss. Because the body, the psyche, and the lineage do not stop at the boardroom door. They live in every relationship a person has.

At Selva this means that traditional therapy and medication management exist in the same space as ketamine assisted psychotherapy, Vedic astrology, reiki, and herbalism. It means that a Fortune 150 executive and a first generation immigrant sitting in the same building can both receive care that meets them at the root of who they are, not just the surface of what they present.

This is not eclecticism. It is integration. The same principle that drives the work drives the practice.

Today, I work exclusively

in private intensive engagements with founders, athletes, executives, creatives, and high visibility leaders who are accomplished, self aware, and ready for the level of integration that changes everything else. What most practitioners spend months trying to locate, I identify and begin working with in a session or two. Not because the work is simple. Because the precision is unmatched.

There is a level of integration most approaches never find. I work there exclusively.

“I found Ana at a time in my life where I was ready to take my healing and growth to the next level. She met me where I was at with such compassion and with knowledge of the right tools and therapies to take me where I was ready to go. I am forever grateful for our continued work together as I move forward with a true foundation and readiness for whatever is to come.”

—Jamie Lynn Sigler
 Actress, Author & Podcast Host
  • "I have worked with Ana for two years. She has been not just my therapist, but also a teacher and guide. The care and insight she offers are beyond compare, facilitating growth on a timeline I would not have expected. From personal and romantic relationships, professional performance, and my relationship with myself, Ana has helped me develop the tools to thrive as a man through chaos and calm."

    —Brad Swail
    Executive Producer and Entrepreneur

  • “After a difficult breakup that left me dealing with a basket of emotions and feeling out of sorts and struggling to find my center again, I knew I needed a practitioner that could help me both on the talk therapy side of things but also used energetic psychology tools in their approach to emotional health optimization. The practitioner of the future is integrating tools to and help release subconscious patterning impairing and Ana is one of those practitioners leading the way. She is skilled in non-judgmental communication, intuitive guidance, and applying energetic psychology tools when necessary to help the willing to move on from limiting beliefs, memories, and self sabotaging thoughts and behaviors. Through my work with her over several months of time I am much more in touch with who I knew myself to be, and highly recommend her to anyone needing help in similar ways.”

    —Rev. Dr. Matthew Buckley, PSc.D., CTH

  • "I consider myself a master of vocabulary, but words fail me when I try to conjure a single word to describe my relationship with Ana. Therapist is far too clinical. I originally thought ‘guide’ might suffice - but it actually doesn’t sit right with me. Ana didn’t guide me anywhere - she introduced me to myself and who I could become and she help me feel the power I’ve always had within. She helped me learn how hold myself in my lowest moments and how to finally be free to fell all the joy at my highest moments. I’m turning 50 this year and I can honestly say that thanks to my work with Ana, I am - for the first time in my life - excited about what comes next and increasingly confident in my abilities to love myself through any challenges."

    -Jennifer Blake

  • "Ana is a true partner in healing, self-discovery, and transformation. When I first sought her guidance, I was navigating heartbreak, questioning myself, and struggling to find meaningful connection. Through personalized techniques and deep conversations, Ana helped me uncover past experiences that shaped me, guided me toward self-love, and shifted my perspective on relationships. Her support led me to find and embrace a genuine partnership with my now-wife, Margot, and ultimately, to understand that I deserved happiness. When it came time to marry, choosing Ana to officiate was the easiest decision we made. I am forever grateful for the impact she has had on my life."

    —Carl Madaffari

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