Kate Nicholson, an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist at Estes Therapy, offers compassionate support for both couples and individuals. She utilizes a client-centered and relational approach, integrating Emotionally Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and Attachment Theory to guide you toward deep and authentic healing. Whether you’re facing relationship challenges, personal struggles, or navigating life transitions, Kate works to help you understand and break free from unhelpful cycles, fostering greater connection and self-acceptance. Her goal is to create a safe space where vulnerability becomes a powerful tool for transformation and growth. Areas of Focus: Relational Distress, Depression, Anxiety, Addiction, Distress Tolerance, LGBTQIA+ Issues, Religious Trauma, Premarital Counseling, Life Transitions, Trauma, Suicidal Ideation, Codependency and more!

Kate is supervised by Ida Fariba, MFT# 124097

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Are you struggling with anxiety, relationship issues or facing communication problems with loved ones? Or, are you going through a difficult phase in your life such as marriage, infertility, infidelity, grief, IVF, parenthood, divorce, or career change? If yes, then please know that Dana is here to support and guide you. Her sole dedication lies in helping you achieve emotional growth and build healthy relationships. She understands that it can be challenging to go through these hard times alone, and she provides support and expertise, whether they need couples counseling or individual therapy, to overcome life’s challenges and achieve their goals.

Dana’s Approach: Dana is an experienced Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling from San Diego State University. She has worked with diverse clients of varying ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and cultural backgrounds. Dana has gained training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She helps clients deal with various issues such as anxiety, communication problems, conflicts, infidelity, lack of intimacy, trauma, stress management, and life transitions such as grief, IVF, divorce, marriage, parenthood, or career change.

Dana’s Areas of Focus: Dana’s specialties are relationships, multicultural couples, and life transitions.

Dana is an empathetic and kind-hearted counselor who has a deep understanding of the challenges that individuals and couples from diverse backgrounds face. She knows how overwhelming and difficult it can be to navigate multicultural relationships or adjust to a new environment. However, she also believes that you don’t have to face these challenges alone. She understands that everyone’s journey is unique, and therefore, she tailors her approach to meet your specific needs. You can trust Dana to be a compassionate and empathetic guide on your path to healing and growth.

A little more about Dana: Dana was born and raised in Europe, and she will always be a true European at heart. She has a love for authentic pain au chocolat and gelato. When she’s not indulging in her favorite treats, Dana enjoys spending quality time with her loved ones, exploring the great outdoors through hiking or trying out new and exciting restaurants.

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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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Are you seeking a therapist who truly understands the complexities of your unique journey? Meet Erin Chan, an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with a passion for guiding individuals and couples on their path to healing and self-discovery. Erin’s approach is deeply rooted in cultural humility, decoloniality, and trauma-informed care, ensuring a safe and inclusive space for all clients.

Erin’s therapy style is client-centered, drawing from the rich tapestry of Narrative Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and somatic practices. But what sets Erin apart is her commitment to exploring innovative therapeutic avenues. Beyond traditional talk therapy, Erin encourages clients to explore alternative forms of expression for their mind and body. Whether it’s through play, physical movement, music, or other creative outlets, Erin collaboratively helps clients discover new ways to heal and grow.

With a background as a music and trauma-sensitive yoga teacher, Erin seamlessly integrates play therapy, music, and expressive arts into her sessions, allowing clients to engage in deeply transformative experiences. Erin’s versatility extends to her client base, encompassing children, teens, families, couples of all kinds (monogamous, non-monogamous, interracial, LGBTQ+, kink-friendly), multicultural and BIPOC individuals, highly sensitive empaths, and more.

If you’re ready to embark on a therapeutic journey that embraces your uniqueness and empowers your growth, Erin Chan is here to support you every step of the way. Reach out today to start your transformative healing process.

Supervised by Jennine Powell MFT# 47653

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

Bonnie’s Approach: Bonnie 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.

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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Joe Salvati is here to help you in your counseling experience. He has over 13 years of experience in working with individuals and couples. He is driven to help you find the answers and solutions you need. It is his passion to walk alongside his clients as they process some of the most difficult thoughts and feelings they’ve experienced. He is a native of San Diegan and is married with three small children.

Joe’s Counseling Approach: Anger management, communication skills, and conflict management are a few of the skill sets that you will build while working with Joe.

Education and Experience: Joe attended San Diego State University and Indiana University before working as a civilian for the US Marine Corps for 12 years. He then worked as a social worker at an inpatient psychiatric hospital before becoming a therapist for teens in an intense-outpatient program.

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Are you looking to improve your relationship? Or to feel better in your own skin? Aly is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist that is here to help. She is active in the counseling sessions, focuses on getting to the root of the issue, and structures her counseling to help you get the results you need quickly. She is available in-person and virtually for Mondays and Tuesdays in the Oceanside office.

Aly is supervised by Ida Fariba, MFT#124097

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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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Mindful, relational, compassionate counseling. These are the underpinnings of Jacob Munhoz’s approach to therapy.

Jacob’s Approach: Jacob has advanced training in Accelerated Experiential Psychology. While you explore the experiences that shaped you as an individual or as a couple, you will focus on the emotions and experiences of the present moment as they unfold between or among each other in the counseling session.

Very often the first step in healing the pain is to take a step toward the pain. That first step can be really scary. The therapist you choose should be someone you can learn to trust to take your hand and walk with you into, and through the fire, to the healing that is on the other side.

His main topics of focus include: - Christian Issues - Contemplative Spirituality - Early Childhood Trauma - Enneagram - Gay Relationships - General Trauma - LGBT Issues - Mindfulness - Medical Trauma - Men’s Issues - PTSD - Religious Recovery - Religious Trauma - Sexual Trauma - Spirituality

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