Domestic Violence & Women’s Empowerment Counselor
Justice-Involved Youth Mentor & Educator
Trauma-Informed Therapist & Advocate
DHS & Family Court Counseling & Advocacy Specialist
Forensic Mental Health Evaluator & Expert Witness
Isaias Narvaez is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, specializing in Addiction and Recovery. He integrates over three decades of mentorship and advocacy into his clinical and community work, bridging educational, therapeutic, and justice-centered practices.
As an educator with the Rising Scholars Program, Isaias teaches at both the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center and the Century Regional Detention Facility (CRDF), providing rehabilitative education for justice-involved women and youth. His work focuses on addressing systemic inequities, fostering emotional literacy, and creating pathways toward healing, education, and empowerment for historically marginalized populations.
A staunch advocate for racial and gender equity, Isaias applies a feminist, trauma-informed lens to his work with survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and systemic exploitation. As a women’s empowerment advocate, he emphasizes resilience, identity rebuilding, and recovery from interpersonal trauma. He also champions the often-silenced voices of male survivors of sexual abuse, offering compassionate, justice-centered, and culturally attuned care.
Isaias extends his counseling and advocacy to DHS and family-related legal cases, providing trauma-informed support and forensic insights for families navigating complex systems. As a certified counselor and expert witness, he conducts forensic mental health evaluations across legal contexts, including immigration, re-entry, probation, and criminal court.
Fluent in Spanish and deeply grounded in culturally responsive and community-based interventions, Isaias integrates Solution-Focused, Strength-Based, and narrative modalities to foster resilience, empowerment, and self-determination. His guiding principle—
“Make your strengths stronger than your excuses.”
—embodies his lifelong commitment to dismantling cycles of trauma while cultivating healing pathways for communities disproportionately affected by systemic oppression, incarceration, and intergenerational harm.
Isaias Narvaez, MA, AMFT, is a trauma-informed educator, advocate, and Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist dedicated to empowering disenfranchised and justice-involved individuals. Through Nova Legal, LLC, he bridges behavioral health and the legal system—collaborating with courts, attorneys, and probation departments to help clients regain compliance and demonstrate rehabilitation through verified treatment. Guided by empathy, equity, and accountability, Isaias works to dismantle systemic barriers and restore dignity to those seeking a second chance.
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