Merari E Fernandez Castro, Ph.D.

Merari E Fernandez Castro, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist in private practice in Evanston. Throughout her work at various community agencies and private practice settings, she has worked with individuals experiencing complicated traumatic life experiences as well as in the body’s response to suffering. Dr. Fernandez Castro is a faculty member and provides consultation.  

AREAS OF INTEREST & APPROACHES TO PRACTICE 

Objects Relations, Relational Theory, attachment, social justice, feminism, trauma, cultural identity, race, immigration, colonialism, and the experience of the unconscious. 

Professional Memberships and Affiliations:  

  • American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW) 

  • The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP)  

  • The Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology Division 39 

  • The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) 

  • The Breath Network  

EDUCATION

  • BA, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Humacao, PR 

  • MSW, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 

  • PhD, Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago, IL 

LICENSES

  • L.C.S.W., Illinois 

Dissertation:

EMAIL: mfernandez@icsw.edu 

PHONE: (773) 234-7246