Our Counseling & Therapy Services
We Provide Comprehensive Telehealth and In-Person Psychotherapy in San Diego and the California Region.
Our Services
At Aspiring Families in Del Mar, we provide comprehensive counseling services for families, parents, teens, and college students seeking thoughtful, evidence based care. We are a private-pay practice with a team of licensed clinical psychologists and double board certified psychiatrists that brings more than 15 years of experience to their work, offering compassionate support tailored to each client’s strengths and challenges. From early childhood through adulthood, our counseling services are designed to promote emotional resilience, healthier relationships, and meaningful personal growth in a safe and inclusive environment. Most appointments are available within a week of contacting our office.
Our integrated therapy services include specialized expertise in play, expressive arts, neurofeedback, and family therapy, allowing us to address concerns ranging from academic stress to complex family dynamics. Under the leadership of founder Azmaira Maker, Ph.D., an award winning author, we combine clinical excellence with practical strategies that empower clients beyond the therapy room. Whether you are navigating a life transition, seeking support for your child, or strengthening your family system, our counseling services provide a structured, supportive path forward. We invite you to learn more about each of our specialized offerings and explore the services available below to find the right fit for your needs.
ADHD Testing & Assessment
ADHD is a common diagnosis that can affect children and adults in school, social, and work settings.
Adoption Counseling
Families can thrive with adoption and seeking parent guidance can be enormously beneficial for the family and the child.
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety can present in multiple ways that can be paralyzing and highly disruptive to daily routines.
Autism & Spectrum Disorder
A consultation in any stage of life development can be enormously helpful to identify vulnerabilities and strengths.
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatric Services
Meet with our double board-certified psychiatrist who trained at Stanford and who will conduct a comprehensive evaluation with you and your family, and offer medication services, labs, and consistent follow ups. Appointments are available within a week.
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 & 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 & 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
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
The creative process for personal reflection, self expression, coping, self-care through expressive arts can be profoundly healing.
Family Therapy
Families are dynamic systems made up of many unique relationships. Our family therapy services help identify core challenges within the family unit and guide each member toward healthier communication, stronger connections, and meaningful growth. At Aspiring Families, we support families in San Diego and Del Mar through life transitions, conflict resolution, and emotional healing — all within a safe, inclusive therapeutic environment.
Individual Adult Therapy
Individual adult therapy with licensed clinical psychologists, for relationships, loss, trauma, depression, anxiety, and career.
Loss & Grief
Our team of specialists provide support, coping mechanisms, and tools for children, adolescents, and adults struggling with grief and loss.
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, 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 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 can be an effective therapeutic tool to help young children with emotional and cognitive processing during periods of stress, changes, or loss.
Postpartum Depression & Perinatal Mood Disorders
Many women struggle with significant emotional, physiological, and cognitive changes after birth.
Pregnancy Loss
A pregnancy loss can impact your relationship with your partner, your family, your colleagues, and even your friends.
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 Based Observations and Interventions are sometimes necessary and powerful in helping the child, adult, seniors, and family members.
Screen Time Addiction
A compulsive need to use smartphones, tablets, computers, and televisions regardless of the negative impacts on daily activities such as work, school, or social relationships becomes harmful.
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.
Treatment Approaches
We provide evidence-based counseling services 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 therapy services so that you receive high quality treatment that tailors to your unique values, strengths, and presenting needs.
ADHD and Executive Functioning Coaching
Assessments
(Diagnostic, Educational, Psychological, Neuropsychological)
Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Commitment and Acceptance Therapy
Developmental Models
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Expressive Arts Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Grief and Loss Counseling
Health Psychology
Observations and Interventions
In-Home and In-School