Center for Mental Health and Wellness

An Expert Team in San Diego, CA

Aspiring Families, Center for Mental Health and Wellness, provides comprehensive, integrative, holistic, and evidence-based outpatient mental health assessments and individualized therapy with expert specialists, equine assisted therapy, medical, nutritional, and fitness services for adults, college students, adolescents, children, families, and seniors in San Diego, CA.

Aspiring Families is a premier private mental health and wellness center in Del Mar/Carmel Valley founded and directed by Azmaira Maker, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist with over twenty years of expertise. Dr. Maker completed her training at University of Michigan in the dual Child/Family and Adult programs, and a specialized fellowship at the University of Michigan Law School. Dr. Maker is the author of two multi-award winning books.

We are an expert team of highly experienced clinicians in San Diego, CA that provide multiple mental health services with a range of therapy and treatment approaches for effective change. Our exceptional therapists and doctors collaborate closely with you to provide individualized, evidenced based, and holistic assessments, therapy, and treatment for adults, college students, children, adolescents, families, and seniors.

Philosophy

Assessment & Treatment

We provide a multi-modal assessment and therapeutic treatment plan utilizing different approaches catered to your specific and unique individual and family needs.

Evidence-Based Treatment

We provide evidence-based treatment by integrating developmental and scientific research with clinical expertise to determine the most effective course of interventions for you, your child, and your family.

Service Flexibility

We provide flexibility in our services so that you, your child, and your family may receive high quality therapy services that tailors to your unique values, strengths, and needs.

Holistic Treatments

We provide an integrative holistic, bio-psycho-social therapeutic approach that addresses the whole person, the family system, and professional, school, college, and home environments.

Integrated Team of Experts

We integrate and utilize the most effective therapy and treatment interventions from varying evidence-based approaches with an expert team of clinicians to simultaneously address multiple needs to promote change and wellness.

We recognize that your well-being and your family’s well-being is of the utmost importance and that you may need assistance sooner rather than later. Hence, we provide concierge level of services to all our clients that includes:

Your calls are returned within 24 hours.
You can schedule an appointment within 1-2 weeks.
Referrals and follow-ups are made within the week.
Collaboration with pediatricians, schools, physicians, psychiatrists, and other professionals occurs within a week.