Therapy for Therapists in San Diego
You Know How This Works. Now It's Your Turn.
You got into this field because you were curious about people. Maybe because you were curious about yourself. You've read the books, learned the theories, and built real skill at holding space for others. And still, something brought you here.
That's not a failure. That's self-awareness. And it's exactly why therapists often make the most committed clients.
How I Started Working With Therapists
I didn't set out to build a caseload of mental health professionals. It happened organically. Therapists found me, reached out, and the work resonated. Now a significant portion of the people I sit with are therapists, counselors, associates working toward licensure, interns, and graduate students figuring out who they are inside this profession.
I think that's meaningful. It tells me something about the kind of work we do here.
What Brings Therapists Into the Room
The presenting concerns aren't unique to therapists. What I hear most is complex trauma that hasn't fully been addressed, difficulty regulating emotions, relationship patterns that keep repeating, a sense that something from early life is still running in the background.
What is unique is the layer on top of all of that. You've conceptualized it. You've read about it. You can name what's happening and trace it back to its origins. And you're still stuck. Because knowing isn't the same as healing, and therapists understand that better than anyone, which can make it even more frustrating when it applies to you.
A lot of the therapists I work with also carry the weight of the job itself. The accumulated impact of sitting with other people's pain. The challenge of keeping your own emotional life separate from your caseload. The exhaustion of being the regulated one in every room, all day, and then trying to find your way back to yourself.
Stepping Out of the Therapist Role
One of the central threads in this work is learning to set down the clinical identity for the hour. Not because it doesn't belong to you, but because it can also be one of the most sophisticated ways we've learned to stay at a comfortable distance from our own experience.
You might catch yourself conceptualizing mid-session. Noticing interventions. Narrating your own process in the third person. I'll notice that too, and I'll gently name it. Not to call you out, but because you came here to actually feel something, not just understand it.
We also talk directly about the work when it's relevant. Countertransference, the weight of certain caseloads, what it means to care for others for a living and still carve out care for yourself. That's all fair territory.
I've Been in Therapy Too
I believe strongly that therapists should have their own therapy. Not as a credential or a requirement, but because this work asks a lot of us, and we deserve the same space we create for our clients.
I've been in therapy at different points in my own life, through transitions, through hard seasons, through the work of understanding myself more clearly. It has made me a better clinician. I carry that into the room with every client, and especially with the therapists I work with.
Who I Work With
I see therapists at every stage: fully licensed clinicians, associates working toward licensure, interns, and graduate students still figuring out if this is the path for them. Whether you've been in the field for fifteen years or you're just starting to wonder what drew you here in the first place, you're welcome.
Sessions are available in person in La Jolla and virtually throughout California.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. I work with fully licensed clinicians, associates working toward licensure, interns, and graduate students. Whether you've been practicing for years or are just starting to understand what drew you to this field, you're welcome here.
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No. You don't need to be in crisis or burning out to deserve your own space in therapy. Many of the therapists I work with simply know they have their own stuff and are ready to actually work on it.
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The process is the same. What's different is that we can skip some of the psychoeducation and get into the work faster. I also won't pathologize your clinical knowledge. We just have to make sure it's not running the show in the room.
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If you're in San Diego or the surrounding area, I offer in-person sessions in La Jolla. I also see therapists virtually throughout California, so location usually isn't a barrier.
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I'm a cash-pay practice. Sessions are $225. Superbills are available for out-of-network reimbursement, which many therapists are already familiar with navigating.