Mallory Hemerlein, LCSW-S, RYT

Clinical Director

she/her/they/them

Telehealth Only

Mallory is an LCSW with over seven years of experience supporting couples, families, and individuals. Licensed in New Mexico and New York, her work focuses on helping clients navigate life transitions, particularly those experiencing trauma, anxiety, and depression. She believes clients are the experts of their own lives and is committed to providing compassionate, collaborative care that supports healing and sustainable growth.

Mallory is fluent in American Sign Language and spent many years studying and working at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. She is passionate about providing culturally responsive care to Deaf and Hard of Hearing clients directly in ASL. As a lifelong learner, she completed a year-long training program with Dr. Gabor Maté, deepening her understanding of trauma and mind-body healing. She has also spent the past two years training in a direct lineage of Dora Kalff in Jungian Sandplay Therapy.

Mallory founded Hot Rocks Psychotherapy Group to expand access to community-centered, high-quality behavioral health services. The practice is grounded in collaborative growth, continuous learning, and meaningful connection. Her leadership model prioritizes clinician sustainability and professional development while supporting client autonomy, resilience, and long-term wellbeing—reflecting the mentorship and training standards that shaped her clinical career.

Originally from Maryland, Mallory has had the privilege of traveling and working across the country and has called New Mexico home for over a decade. Outside of work, she enjoys floating in glacial lakes, roller skating, dancing, and planning her next adventure to hot springs.


Client Focused Care

  • PTSD & Complex PTSD

  • Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Children of Deaf Adults (CODA’s)

  • LGBTQIA+

  • Therapists and other caregivers

  • Non-Monogamy & Non-Traditional Relationship Dynamics

  • Religious Trauma & Spiritual Abuse

  • Life transitions & Identity exploration

  • Depression, greif, loss

  • Anxiety

  • Perfectionism

  • Adults; Individuals and Couples


Modalities Used

  • Compassionate Inquiry

  • Trauma Focused Somatic Emotional Processing

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Parts Work

  • Inner Child Repair

  • Attachment Theory

  • Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memory (RTM)

  • Jungian Sandplay

  • Systems Theory

  • Nonlinear Movement Method


Insurance Accepted

  • BCBS New Mexico Commercial & Marketplace Plans

  • BCBS Turquoise Care New Mexico

  • BCBN New Mexico Medicare Advantage Plans

  • Medicaid (Turquoise Care)

  • Medicare & Participating Secondaries

  • Molina Commercial & Marketplace Plans

  • Molina Turquoise Care New Mexico

  • Molina Advantage Plans

  • Presbyterian Commercial Plans

  • Presbyterian Turquoise Care New Mexico

  • Presbyterian Advantage Plans

  • United Commercial & Marketplace Plans

  • United Turquoise Care New Mexico

  • United Advantage Plans