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Suzanne is a registered associate social worker who graduated with her master’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She is currently working towards full licensure to become a LCSW. She moved to San Diego after graduating to work for a non-profit working in schools focus on prevention and early intervention in elementary schools in…

She believes that creating a collaborative experience with her clients helps to provide guidance while also promoting client growth. She works with children, teens, adults, and families. She has experience working with anxiety, depression, at-risk youth, self-harming behavior, ADD/ADHD, autism, self-esteem/selfconfidence, stress management, and parent training. She provides Behavioral and CognitiveBehavioral therapy (CBT) and often…

Ashley is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who has 3 years of experience with children and adolescents in the school setting. Her areas of focus are in crisis intervention, self-harm behaviors, anxiety and depressive disorders, behavioral problems, and autism. She also has experience working with adults facing homelessness, severe psychiatric disorders, addiction, depression, and…

Dr. Becerra uses strength-based approaches to empower, educate and provide positive unconditional support to touch the lives of those who need healing and support. Her approach is compassionate and encouraging to find purpose, meaning and growth through experiences.  Dr. Becerra provides an integrative style with a broad range of skills for families, couples, children, teens…

Dr. McKinlay has over 20 years of experience in private practice working with a wide variety of people and issues.   She has helped adults, adolescents, couples and families who are stressed, depressed, anxious and ready to find new ways of dealing with acute or ongoing concerns or issues.   Dr. McKinlay has worked with school districts,…

Jennifer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 10 years of experience in therapy and social work.  Jennifer received her Bachelor’s degree in Child and Adolescent development from University of California State, Fullerton and her Masters’ degree from USC focused on children and families with a sub-concentration on military families. She spent many years…

Jeremy Vargas has 6 years of clinical experience of serving a blended population of teens and families coping with grief, loss and transition and couples struggling with marital discord. His early clinical work took place in a community based counseling center to the local population of Pleasant Hill California. There he gained experience with victims of…

Hello, my name is Christian Urias. I am a Mexican-American Bilingual therapist with 7 years of experience working with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. I started my clinical experience working at a day-treatment program where I learned and trained in crisis interventions and worked with adolescents with depression, anxiety disorders, self-harm issues, autism, grief, anger…

Jennifer is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over nine years of clinical experience. She has experience facilitating groups and providing psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults, and families presenting with a variety of issues including Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, trauma, addiction, homelessness, and more. After earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology from California State…

Hannah is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who is new to the San Diego Area. She moved from the Bay Area and Central Valley and has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages in a variety of settings. Hannah specializes in working with individuals who have physical and/or mental disabilities, co-occurring conditions,…