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Our Services

We Provide Comprehensive Telehealth and In-Person Psychotherapy in San Diego and the California Region.

Our Services

ADHD

ADHD Testing & Assessment

ADHD is a common diagnosis that can affect children and adults in school, social, and work settings.

Adoption Counceling

Families can thrive with adoption and seeking parent guidance can be enormously beneficial for the family and the child.

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety can present in multiple ways that can be paralyzing and highly disruptive to daily routines.

Autism & Spectrum Disorder

A consultation early in a child’s development can be enormously helpful to identify vulnerabilities and strengths.

Caregiver Support

Caregiver Support

We know from research and family stories that finding support is one of the best ways caregivers can cope better over time.

Chronic Illness and Pain

Chronic Illness & Pain

Therapeutic support with an expert can significantly alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety.

College Counseling, Vocational & Educational Support

Professional support for college guidance, vocational placement, or academic support to help you achieve your goals.

Depression Treatment

Depression is one of the most common mental health issues in the U.S., caused by genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors.

Developmental Assessments

Testing accurately assesses developmental, cognitive, neurological, and academic domains for targeted interventions.

Diagnostic Evaluations and Assessments

Diagnostic Evaluations & Assessments

To better identify the specific diagnoses, we conduct comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and assessments.

Eating Disorders

Eating disorders can present in a variety of forms and can cause significant disturbances to an individual’s eating behaviors, daily activities, and life choices.

Executive Functioning Therapy

Executive Functioning Therapy

We offer 1:1 specialized training with Aspiring Families Educational Specialist for executive functioning skills that allow you to manage your choices and work towards complex goals.

Expressive Arts Therapy

Expressive Arts Therapy

The creative process for personal reflection, self expression, coping, self-care through expressive arts can be profoundly healing.

Individual Adult Therapy

Individual Adult Therapy

Individual adult therapy with licensed clinical psychologists, for relationships, loss, trauma, depression, anxiety, and career.

Loss & Grief

Loss & Grief

Our team of specialists provide support, coping mechanisms, and tools for children, adolescents, and adults struggling with grief and loss.

Medical Consultations

Medical Consultations

Meeting with an expert M.D. who is a specialist in internal medicine can be enormously beneficial for adult clients struggling with medication adjustments, physical illnesses, and comorbid diagnoses.

Neurofeedback Therapy

Neurofeedback Therapy

Neurofeedback, a form of biofeedback, optimizes the electrical activity of your brain. It’s a non-invasive treatment that improves unwanted symptoms and behaviors.

Parenting Counseling

Parenting Counseling

Parenting can be very challenging for many of us and seeking expert parent guidance can be enormously beneficial for the child and the family.

Play Therapy

Play Therapy

Play therapy can be an effective therapeutic tool to help young children with emotional and cognitive processing during periods of stress, changes, or loss.

Postpartum Depression

Postpartum Depression & Perinatal Mood Disorders

Many women struggle with significant emotional, physiological, and cognitive changes after birth.

Pregnancy Loss and IVF

Pregnancy Loss & IVF

A pregnancy loss can impact your relationship with your partner, your family, your colleagues, and even your friends.

Psychiatric Services & Evaluations

Utilizing a multi-pronged bio-psycho-social approach that includes pharmacological interventions can be highly effective in addressing more severe symptoms.

Psychoeducational Assessment

Psycho-educational testing allows us to accurately pinpoint the cognitive and academic strengths and weaknesses.

School and Home Observations and Interventions

School and Home Observations and Interventions

School and Home Based Observations and Interventions are sometimes necessary and powerful in helping the child, adult, seniors, and family members.

Somatic Therapy

Somatic Therapy

Somatic Experiencing aims to resolve physical symptoms associated with stress, anxiety, and trauma that can accumulate in the body.

Substance Abuse

Substance Abuse

Substance abuse and use amongst teens, college students, and adults can be very disruptive to the individual and the family.

Telemental Health Services

Telehealth Services

Telemental Health is an exciting and innovative way to provide clinical and therapeutic care to clients. We now offer appointments through secure video-conferencing technology from the comfort of your own home, office, and college.

Trauma Therapy

Seeking trauma focused therapy for a traumatic event can help you shift significant symptoms and cope more quickly.

While many therapists are good at tackling behaviors and their associated emotions, our experience has been that unless you identify and effectively address the core issue, you will forever be trying to just cope – be it self-harm, depression, eating disorder, addiction – all of which have affected our family. Dr. Maker is a master at working efficiently to identify and effectively address a client’s core issue. She does this with the utmost compassion and respect of her clients and their families, resulting in a strong relationship of trust, which is critical in any therapist/client relationship. Since most situations involve the entire family, she knows when and how to appropriately engage other members of the family in a way that doesn’t threaten her relationship with the primary client, resulting in a more positive and supportive outcome for the client and the family. It is impossible to put in a few lines the incredible impact Dr. Maker has had on the growth and health of our entire family as a result of her work with our child.

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Treatment Approaches

We provide evidence-based treatment by integrating scientific, psychosocial, and developmental research with clinical expertise to determine the most effective course of treatment for adults, kids, teens, college students, couples, families, and seniors. This allows for an individualized and flexible approach in our services so that you receive high quality treatment that tailors to your unique values, strengths, and presenting needs.

Assessments

(Diagnostic, Educational, Psychological, Neuropsychological)

Applied Behavioral Therapy

Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Commitment and Acceptance Therapy

Developmental Models

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Dignity Therapy

Family Systems Therapy

Grief and Loss Counseling

Health Psychology

Observations and Interventions

In-Home and In-School

Physical Training and Wellness Programs

In-Home, Personal

Medical Consultations and Services

Meditation

Mindfulness

Motivational Interviewing

Neurofeedback

Parent Guidance

Play Therapy

Positive Psychology

Psychiatric Consultations and Services

Psychodynamic Therapy

Trauma Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy