Ari Lozano, LMFT

Training Director, ALMA

(they/them/elle)

is a licensed marriage and family therapist (#LMFT110793) with a Master’s degree in Couple and Family Therapy, as well as certification in LGBT Human Services and Mental Health from Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology. Additionally, they are a graduate of the Gender Health Center’s Queer Informed Narrative Therapy Training program in Sacramento, CA. 

Ari runs their private practice in Sacramento, and has served as a consultant for individual clinicians, community organizations, and universities on best practices for working with transgender and queer communities of color for over eight years. They have provided clinical supervision for practicum trainees and clinical associates since 2020 and are an approved Continuing Education provider (CAMFT #128134) for mental health clinicians.  Ari serves as the Director of Mental Health at the Gender Health Center - a transgender serving organization- where they have stewarded the clinical training program since 2024.

Furthermore, Ari has been studying the sacred teachings of Curanderismo, Mesoamerican indigenous practices, since 2021. As a curandere, Ari supports their communities by providing, teaching, and sharing indigenous practices for modern truamas and experiences, such as racism, transphobia, and more. Ari is also a certified hatha yoga teacher and a grief doula. These practices have been indispensable to Ari’s work because they do not just encourage a mind-body-spirit connection, they actively cultivate it throughout their teachings.

Ari’s clinical work weaves together all of their learnings as a grief doula, yoga teacher, curandere, and mental health provider. Their method embraces the full spectrum of the human experience, including the physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological. With a heart-strengthening approach, Ari supports individuals through modern traumas and experiences by honoring oral teachings and traditions that have been shared from one generation to the next since before first contact. Through the braiding of these practices, Ari collaborates with community members to find ways to move through the joys and pains of life by being an active participant in their experiences.