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Coming soon! Sorrento Valley location!
We are now under construction in our newest off location at 5820 Oberlin Dr. Suite 112 San Diego, CA! We are so excited to be expanding...
Jan 18, 20211 min read
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Tips for Couples in a Pandemic
Hello! We know many couples have struggled with being stuck at home, working from home, parenting and communication challenges have...
Jan 7, 20212 min read
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LGBTQ+ and risk factors
We are committed to the treatment and development of teenagers. We know adolescences is a time of identify development and, for some...
Jan 5, 20211 min read
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No Resolutions this Year!
New year's resolutions fail the majority of the time! Often people set goals, fall short and then give up. This is a recipe to feel...
Dec 28, 20201 min read
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Our Team Resilience & Here for you in 2021
As the holiday season comes to a conclusion, we are reminded how grateful we are to be of service to the community. This year has been a...
Dec 27, 20202 min read
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Tips for Connecting with Teens
Teens are still teens in times like these. If you notice your teen is withdrawn, spending too much time alone in their room or always on...
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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Scripps Ranch Expansion coming soon!
Here we grow again! I am excited to announce we are expanding our office in Scripps Ranch! We'll still be in 9820 Willow Creek Rd and on...
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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Covid Self (& Family) Care for the Holiday Season
Hello! I was recently interviewed on the following topics and with more Holidays looming, we all need to be creative this year to...
Dec 15, 20203 min read
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Teen Support Group is back!
Give us a call today at 619-549-0329 ext 0 to speak with intake if you are not currently a patient. If your teen is currently a patient,...
Sep 19, 20201 min read
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Anxiety the new normal?!
One thing we know for sure in 2020 is Anxiety rates have risen to a new all time high. Here is great article re: anxiety and what to do....
Sep 4, 20201 min read
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Screen time with Distance Learning
In my talk on Back to School Anxiety, I shared a technique on dividing up screen time in to "good" (social and/or learning) versus "bad"...
Aug 31, 20201 min read
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How to help your teenager make friends
How to help your teen make friends
Aug 6, 20201 min read
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Congratulations Esther De La Cruz, LMFT, RPT
Esther was appointment 2020 President of the San Diego Chapter of the Association for Play Therapy and we couldn't be prouder! Esther has...
Jul 27, 20201 min read
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Back to "Distance" School Anxiety
This fall in most of California is appears distance learning will be the majority way children and teens will return to school. This...
Jul 26, 20201 min read
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Our COVID Precautions for "In Office" treatment
We have added hand sanitizing stations, extra cleaning measure, temperature checks, social distancing and are wearing facial masks until...
Jun 29, 20201 min read
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We are hearing "I'm Bored" a lot. Are you bored?
We think it's an important time to process anything behind the boredom- "I'm Bored" It could mean "things are different", "things are...
Apr 16, 20201 min read
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Class of 2020 Collective Grief
There has been some media coverage of the losses of High School Seniors on all the events they are missing out on as this school year has...
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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So, how's Telehealth Going?
We had a great staff meeting via Zoom last night to discuss how Telehealth is going. Our staff reported the following positives: Clients...
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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