Our Staff
Nikka Peralta, LCSW, Owner
I created Mending Hearts, LLC from my heart in 2016. I have developed a passion for working with people through my own personal experiences and clinical expertise. I am a New Mexico native and am proud to give back to my community by helping others to heal from within. I graduated from New Mexico Highlands University in 2012 with a masters degree in Clinical Social Work. I enjoy working with adolescents, children and families.
Jonathan Allison, LMHC
Jonathan Allison is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). He spent three years (2020-2023) with the Public Safety Psychology Group (PSPG), where he specialized in trauma-informed counseling for the first responder population throughout the state of New Mexico. Jonathan also provided counseling for first responder members’ spouses, children, members as couples, and members' entire family units. Certified in peer support and crisis negotiations, Jonathan served on PSPG’s crisis response team, supporting SWAT calls, providing therapeutic services in critical incident stress debriefings, and taking emergency calls for patients finding themselves in crisis.
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Jonathan received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (BBA) in 2018 and his Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MA) from the University of New Mexico in 2021.
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Jonathan has an eclectic approach to counseling, with his main influences being existential psychotherapy, holistic counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and mindfulness-based counseling. Jonathan also regularly utilizes humanistic and psychodynamic approaches, the Gottman method, narrative therapy, person-centered counseling, systemic therapy, reality therapy, rational emotive therapy, and constructionist therapy.
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Outside of the office, Jonathan serves on the board for the Albuquerque Lodge of the Chinese American Citizen’s Alliance (CACA) and is the organization’s head lion dance instructor. Jonathan also served in the US Navy Reserves from 2012-2019.
Eleanor Raymond, LMSW
Eleanor obtained her Master of Social Work degree from Tulane University in 2022, and is now a Licensed Master Social Worker in the state of New Mexico. Originally from Vermont, Eleanor moved to New Mexico on a whim and fell in love with its scenic beauty.
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Eleanor has both personal and professional experience navigating chronic illness and medical/health-related trauma. She has found that physical health and mental health are often interdependent. Eleanor enjoys educating her clients about the impact of trauma on the brain, and utilizes somatic therapy and mindfulness techniques to help clients become more present in their bodies.
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Eleanor works with children, adolescents, and families, incorporating play therapy and art therapy modalities. She is an amateur painter, avid traveler, and lover of nature. She strives to provide anti-colonial services that affirm indigenous knowledge systems, and is a dedicated advocate for marginalized voices.
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*Eleanor is telehealth only*
Emeri Martinez, PLMSW
Emeri is a provisional licensed master social worker and recently graduated from Grand Canyon University with a masters in social work in October 2024. She received her bachelors in social work from New Mexico Highlands in July 2020. She has worked as an advocate for victims of violent crimes and at a dementia care facility. Her goal is to help children and families overcome trauma using art, meditation, drawing, writing, and play therapy. She believes all can be effective interventions to release trauma and begin a healing process.
In her free time, Emeri enjoys traveling with her family.
Alexis Amor, LMHC
My name is Alexis (she/they). I graduated from Southwestern College in 2024 with a dual degree in mental health counseling and art therapy. I identify as a person of color (POC), neurodivergent (on the autism spectrum), and queer. Having those identities helps inform my care to provide a neurodivergent-affirming, systemic, trauma-informed, humanistic, and a strength-based/motivational lens to clients — kids (8 and up), adolescents, and adults. I believe play, art, and humor are essential parts to healing—whether it be to myself or others.
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In a society that prioritizes the grind, the wisdom of the inner child is the antidote (at least one of many). Whether it be needing a good cry, letting out a good rant, doing art, or somehow all three combined—it’s all your healing and I’m your person. I look forward to meeting, working, and healing with you.