Oriel Romano, LLC

Oriel Romano, LLC is a mental health counseling practice in Harahan, LA, located on Distributors Row. Led by Oriel Romano Celestin, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), the practice serves individuals and professionals in the Greater New Orleans area who are ready to heal and feel more connected to themselves, their communities, and their purpose. Services include individual therapy, trauma therapy and trauma intensives, Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT), Brainspotting, consultation, coaching, training, psychoeducation, and advocacy. Celestin holds a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Loyola University New Orleans, and her clinical work is rooted in anti-racism and informed by Relational-Cultural Theory. She draws on a variety of trauma-informed techniques to meet each client's needs, collaborating to identify both individual and systemic elements that have impacted well-being. Her experience includes working with adolescents, transition-age youth ages 16 to 25, and adults facing general life stressors, life transitions, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship and attachment issues, self-esteem and self-worth concerns, personal and professional identity questions, racial and cultural identity exploration, and LGBTQ+ issues. She also supports clients with exceptionalities and those who identify as neurodivergent, and she welcomes first-time clients new to therapy. Beyond her private practice, which she has operated since 2021, she founded Raising Consciousness Consulting LLC in 2023 and co-facilitated a racial identity process group at Loyola University New Orleans from 2020 to 2024. The office sits on Distributors Row, roughly a quarter mile from the Eastbank Consolidated Fire Department Station 19, about a third of a mile from Unitech Training Academy, and within half a mile of Jefferson Highway, Mounes Street, and South Clearview Parkway. The practice's mission centers on providing quality, culturally conscious, and anti-racist mental health services to individuals and families in the Greater New Orleans area, with a vision of cultivating intercultural and cross-cultural relationships, partnerships, and dialogue as a path to healing.