Today we’d like to introduce you to Ariel Angelucci.
Hi Ariel, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I’m a 33yo Latina living in Boerne Texas. I am originally from the South Side of San Antonio. I moved to Boerne in my pre-teen years, and looking back now as an adult, I realize just how much I grew up witnessing—sudden tragedy, abuse, addiction, grief, toxic relationships, and parents who were doing the best they could with their own wounds and codependent patterns. I hold no resentment toward any of it. They weren’t villains they were humans repeating cycles and trying to get their needs met, just like so many of us.
But moving to Boerne is where the dysfunction in my nuclear family system intensified and where my own mental health and substance use struggles reached a peak. After getting into legal trouble, I had a moment of clarity: staying angry and staying intoxicated wasn’t solving anything. I recognized that I wasn’t alone in my suffering—something trauma often tries to convince us of—and I chose to pursue a field where I could help others who felt the same way.
Two years into my bachelor’s program, I became pregnant, got married, and continued navigating family dysfunction while raising my first son. During my undergrad and graduate studies, I gained experience in domestic violence work, community mental health, hospice, and substance use treatment—all while trying to build a family system healthier than the one I came from.Along the way, I pursued yoga teacher training in 2018 and 2020, specializing in therapeutic yoga practices that deeply influenced how I understand healing, the body, and emotional regulation
I earned my master’s degree, became licensed as an LCSW, and welcomed my second child in 2021—an incredibly full year. I completed my clinical hours for full licensure in 2024 while working at an inpatient substance use facility. Substance use has always deeply interested me—not only because I grew up around it, but because I experienced it firsthand. I am currently four months sober from alcohol, and after a lot of research and personal reflection, I realized that the moderation game of a highly addictive substance simply wasn’t worth the mental gymnastics .
Throughout all of this, I often found myself slipping into the role of therapist for my own parents and family—trying to support them while simultaneously building my own family and still yearning for a healthy family of origin. My mother passed away from stomach cancer in 2023, just six months before I received my LCSW in April 2024. Her passing removed the remaining buffer in the family system and clarified something important for me: my primary responsibility now is to build healthier foundations and patterns for my sons and my spouse.
Starting my private practice has given me the autonomy and freedom to focus on what matters most my family, my healing, and providing the kind of grounded, mature, present parenting I needed as a child. That’s something I get to create for my boys and for my own inner child.
In my clinical work, I focus on the areas where both my lived experience and my professional training intersect. I believe family is sacred—but sacred doesn’t mean passive. It means choosing, every day, to show up, to act, and to break the cycles that once broke us. That is the work I do inside and outside the therapy room.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Not at all and I don’t think it was ever meant to be. Growing up in a dysfunctional family, entering the mental health field while coming from a family that doesn’t believe in mental health, and having two kids throughout my higher education career and trying to build a healthy marriage has not been easy. It’s been messy, loud, painful, and incredibly human.
But those struggles have shaped the therapist and the person I am today. They’ve given me empathy, directness, and a clear understanding of what cycles need to be broken and how possible it is to break them. These challenges gave me clarity around my purpose and my strengths.
I could say I wish it would have been easier, but I don’t know that I’d be as effective in my work or as compassionate of a human if I hadn’t walked through those experiences and found meaning in them. They’re the reason I show up the way I do, both for my clients and for my own family.
We’ve been impressed with Perfectly Imperfect Therapy , but for folks who might not be as familiar, what can you share with them about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
At my telehealth private practice, I provide compassionate, personalized psychotherapy. I help clients heal childhood wounds, navigate adulthood, and overcome relationship struggles all while building confidence and stronger communication skills.
What sets us apart is our blend of empathy and direct guidance: clients gain practical tools to process the past, manage emotions, and create lasting change. I also integrate therapeutic yoga principles and mindfulness-based practices, supporting clients in reconnecting with their bodies, grounding their nervous systems, and cultivating deeper self-awareness.
We’re proud to offer a safe, nonjudgmental space where growth, clarity, autonomy, and empowerment come first. My approach is person-centered and authentic while I bring extensive credentials, training, and yoga therapy experience, you’re getting a real human guiding you on your journey to healing.
We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you?
Luck has shown up in my life in complicated ways. I’ve had moments that felt like bad luck—being raised around dysfunction, witnessing trauma at a young age, navigating unhealthy relationship patterns, and becoming a parent before I ever had a model of what healthy parenting looked like. Those experiences didn’t feel like “luck” at the time, but they forced me to grow, pay attention, and break cycles with intention.
And then there’s the good luck the people, opportunities, and timing that showed up right when I needed them. The mentors who believed in me, the clients who trusted me early on, and the unexpected paths that opened once I committed to doing this work fully.
But overall, I don’t see luck as something that defines my life or business. What might look like luck from the outside has usually been resilience, preparation, openness to try things, and refusing to give up on myself. The difficult things shaped my purpose, and the good things reminded me that I was on the right path. Both kinds of “luck” have played a role, but neither one has been the driver, I have.
Pricing:
- $120 per 60 min session
- Most insurance accepted
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.perfectlyimperfect-therapy.net/
- Instagram: @perfectly.imperfect.therapy
