Danielle Pawling, AMFT is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist dedicated to providing compassionate care to individuals, couples, and families. She specializes in helping clients navigate complex emotional and relational challenges, including trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, life transitions, and more.

Danielle takes an attachment-focused and experiential approach in her work, using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to support couples in moving toward deeper connection and meaningful repair. She also integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) in her practice, offering clients a powerful framework for healing pain, grief, and trauma by exploring and honoring all parts of the self.

With a strong focus on creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment, Danielle empowers clients to foster self-awareness and resilience. She facilitates family therapy through a systemic lens, helping families enhance communication, repair ruptures, and strengthen their emotional bonds.

Specialties: Intimacy, Infidelity, Relational Challenges, Women’s issues, Depression, Trauma and Severe trauma, Severe PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Life transitions, Complex emotional and relational issues, and more. Danielle incorporates somatic work, mindfulness, and holistic practices.

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Are you tired of the negative patterns in your relationship? Or are you ready to make changes in your life long-term?

Dana Sockolov is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Estes Therapy, passionate about working with all types of relationships—whether in committed partnerships or open dynamics. She understands that relationship conflict can feel overwhelming, but through fostering connection and communication, she helps couples breathe easier. Dana also deeply values individual therapy, supporting clients in overcoming anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, and feelings of being overwhelmed. She utilizes Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to guide clients toward healing. If you are looking for a counselor that is passionate, caring, and motivated, look no further. Schedule your counseling session with Dana S today. She is available in both the Oceanside and Mission Valley offices.

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Are you looking to improve your relationship? Or to feel better in your own skin?

I am active in the counseling sessions, focus on getting to the root of the issue. I structure my counseling to help you get the results you need quickly. I am available in-person and virtually for both the Mission Valley and Oceanside office.

Aly is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist that is here to help. is supervised by Ida Fariba, MFT#124097

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Bonnie Cardillo, an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, helps clients break free from codependent relationships, find their voice, and improve their lives.

Her online-only therapy services offer personalized interventions to address unique emotional needs and challenges in relationships, empowering clients to navigate and overcome emotional obstacles, reclaim their well-being, and thrive. It is important to Bonnie to approach your relationship with genuine curiosity. This is how she helps you to notice and shift patterns intentionally to meet your goals. You can expect counseling without judgment, where your thoughts and feelings are heard and acknowledged.

Warmth, empathy, and cultural humility - are the traits that Bonnie Cardillo brings to her therapy sessions.

Bonnie’s Areas of Focus: Bonnie has a natural affinity for working with couples and individuals, and providing empathetic support to trauma-impacted communities. She serves a diverse range of communities, including Veterans, BIPOC identifying clients, and those affected by co-occurring mental health diagnoses, problematic substance use, and more.

Her main topics of focus include: - Young Adults, Adults, and Older Adults - Couples and Individuals - Anxiety - Trauma - PTSD - Burnout - Depression - Postpartum Depression - Pregnancy Loss and Infertility - Later Life Issues - Perinatal Mental Health - Addiction / Substance Use - Military and Veteran Issues - Role Changes / Life Transitions

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Cultivating a safe space for you: this is Sarah O’Leary’s first priority as your therapist.

When you feel safe you can be your most authentic self, you can take chances, and you can overcome obstacles. When you feel safe you can be vulnerable in your relationships.

Sarah will help you gain tools and skills to face the obstacles coming up in your life now, and feel prepared for those to come in the future. Most importantly, you will learn about yourself.

Sarah’s Approach

Holistic healing - Sarah O’Leary’s primary approach to therapy. She strongly believes in the interconnectedness of each of these aspects of one’s self. People are complex. It is essential to keep in mind the many aspects of the self in order to live in a space that allows you to feel fulfilled and yourself.

Sarah’s Areas of Focus

Sarah works with couples and individuals, adolescents and adults. Particularly important topics to her include: - Distress tolerance - Understanding and regulating emotions - Mindfulness - Relearning communication - Challenging cognitions

These help people in getting reconnected with themselves and comfortable in their own bodies. This includes understanding, being comfortable in, and sharing their needs and emotions with important people in their life.

Additionally, she focuses on: - Academic Stress and Distress - ARFID - Eating Disorders & Disordered Eating - Life Transitions - Premarital Counseling - Self-Esteem & Self-Love - Out of control substance use - Binge Eating - Body Image - Emotion Regulation - Long Distance Relationships - Relationship Issues - Sustaining Recover (out of control behaviors or eating disorders) - Anxiety - Depression - Challenging Rigid Thinking - LGBTQIA+ Issues - Overcoming Bad Habits - Shame & Guilt - Mindfulness

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Have you wondered how a second opinion could change your perspective? Getting a second opinion in a neutral and safe environment, with a trained professional? This is beneficial to anyone! Young Ju is here to help you identify and interrupt patterns of behavior and thought that can be harmful to yourself and your relationships. His focus is to help children, adolescents, families, and individuals achieve their goals while cultivating joy and deep connection in their relationships.

Young’s Approach: Young is a trauma and anxiety expert specializing in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Gottman Method level 1, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. Young’s gentle and effective approach aids individuals in overcoming trauma triggers, anger, depression, family conflict, grief, relationship difficulties and stressors, PTSD, and more.

His topics of focus include: - Child & Adolescent - Adults - Anxiety - Anger Management - Christian Issues - Depression - Family Conflict - Grief - Men’s Issues - Relationship Difficulties - PTSD - Trauma - Body Image - Life Transitions -Korean Speaking

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Liz Barajas, employs solution-focused strategies to guide couples and individuals toward identifying and building on their strengths. Rather than dwelling on problems, she collaboratively works with couples to explore potential solutions and implement practical steps to achieve positive outcomes. This approach fosters a forward-focused mindset, empowering couples to create lasting change. Spanish and English speaking.

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Love is an essential, primary need for humans. Relationships come in multiple forms, and no two relationships are the same.

Lauryn Plush is passionate about supporting you on your unique journey to feeling empowered and navigating your relationships.

Lauryn’s Approach:

Lauryn is especially intrigued by all elements of relationships. This could be the evolution, dissolution, obstacles, conflicts, or healthy and secure moments. As humans, a sense of belonging is a part of our basic needs. Her goal is to guide clients throughout their journey in finding that connection, attachment, and sense of belonging in their life.

Lauryn’s Areas of Focus: - Couples and Individuals - Academic Stress - Anxiety - Burnout - Depression - Conflict Resolution - Communication - Family Issues - Life Transitions - Relationship Injuries - Relationship Stress - Sexual Intimacy - Porn Addiction - Parenting / Co-Parenting Dynamics - Attachment Styles - Boundary Setting - Women’s Issues - Men Issues - Words to Emotions - Grief and Loss

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You might be doing all the right things—showing up for work, caring for your family, setting and chasing goals—but still feeling disconnected, anxious, or stuck. If you’ve tried to push through or fix it on your own and it’s just not working, you’re not alone. Many people come to therapy at a moment like this—when they sense something needs to shift, even if they’re not sure what or how. If you’re navigating stress, burnout, communication challenges, grief, relationship strain, or a though season like infidelity, loss, or infertility, therapy can be a space to slow down and feel supported.

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and former IT project manager, I understand the fast pace and pressure that many professionals live with every day. I work with high-functioning, driven individuals—often in their 30s to 50s—who come from fields like tech, healthcare, law, finance, education, and corporate environments. My style is collaborative, grounded, and emotionally attuned. I draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), both of which help us move beyond surface-level coping and into deeper emotional clarity, resilience, and growth.

I offer therapy for both individuals and couples. Individually, I support clients working through anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, relationship stress, infertility, or identity shifts—people who are ready to feel more connected to themselves and live with greater confidence and ease. I also work with couples who are committed to growing together, care about their relationship and want to improve communication, rebuild trust, or reconnect emotionally. Whether you’re navigating communication issues, infidelity, lack of intimacy or just want to feel more like a team again, we’ll explore the patterns that keep you stuck and build a stronger, safer relationship together.

I bring a multicultural lens and lived experience to my work, shaped by my journey from Europe to the U.S. and my deep-rooted passion for helping others. Whether you’re here to reconnect with yourself, increase emotional clarity, or repair and grow your relationship, you don’t have to do it alone. We’ll explore what’s keeping you stuck and help you move forward in a grounded, sustainable way.

Ready to Get Started?

Starting therapy can feel like a big step—but you don’t have to have it all figured out to begin. If something here resonates with you, I’d be honored to support you in the next step forward. You deserve support that meets you where you are.

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