Coastal Therapy Group: Encinitas Therapist

Our therapists in Carlsbad and Encinitas help people with anxiety, depression, and big life transitions. We help people feel better and live well.

I help individuals of all ages learn more about themselves and discover new ways to navigate their relationships with themselves, others, and the world. I strive to create a warm space where you can feel empowered and encouraged to be yourself.  Transitions can be scary, and you don’t have to go through them alone. I would love to get to know you and learn about what brings you to therapy.

I help adolescents and young adults work toward managing various difficulties in their lives, including working through trauma or grief. My approach to therapy involves helping clients identify sources of emotional pain, learn strategies to face and manage challenges, and uncover what brings joy. I strive to develop a safe, trusting, and collaborative therapeutic relationship with my clients, which I believe fosters growth and empowerment. I look forward to working with you.  

Whether you are suffering from chronic emotional pain or looking for ways to increase your ability to thrive, I commend you for taking the first steps towards therapy. In my approach to therapy, I believe that symptom reduction is a necessary part of the process but is not the key to lasting change. The lifelong change that therapy can offer comes from developing a deep sense of self-understanding, confronting your natural human limitations, and discovering that you are more powerful than you ever imagined.

I help adolescents and adults feel more connected to themselves and the world around them. Life is complex and painful. It’s a sign of health to take your experience seriously, and seek to examine it in a safe setting such as therapy. I aim to provide a warm, judgment-free, and empathetic space where we can both be curious and make sense of the complexities of your life. I hope we can create a collaborative therapy relationship and identify the things you would like to change in your life, so you can feel yourself again. I would love to talk with you and learn more about what brings you to therapy.

Welcome, to the parts of you curious about therapy, and the parts of you still unsure. Whatever brings you here, know that you don’t need to go it alone. I work with adults of all ages to develop a compassionate understanding of their experiences and to restore a sense of vitality, connection, and meaning in their lives. With your goals and values as our compass, we will explore the changes and challenges you are currently facing, and discover how your own internal resources can support you. My style is warm and inclusive, and I would welcome the opportunity to hear your story, and walk alongside you on this path. 

I aim to help you heal and restore the relationships that matter most, including how you relate to yourself. I am trained throughout the developmental spectrum and work with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages. Whatever challenges you are facing, my goal is to meet you with genuineness, empathy, and the fundamental belief that each of us is doing the best we can with the resources we have available to us in any given moment.

I help adults of all ages navigate hurdles they are facing. I approach my work with gentle curiosity and strive to create a safe space to explore and process experiences that can be deeply personal. I look forward to getting to know you and being a part of your journey.

I help adolescents and adults navigate difficulties in their lives. Some of the treatment areas in which I work relate to identity, documentation status, transitions, values, trauma, and mood. My goal is to create an open and safe environment from which to explore, process, and learn. It is an honor to get to know you and to work collaboratively to address whatever brings you to therapy. I look forward to talking with you.

I help adults of all ages make sense of unexpected suffering, navigate seasons of transition, and reconnect with the relationships, truths, and values that bring freedom and hope. I have an attentive, compassionate, honest, and down-to-earth style, and I seek to create a space where you can be yourself, feel understood, experience relief, and grow as a person. Wherever you are in your process, I would love to talk with you.

I help adolescents and adults navigate difficult transitions in life. Anxiety and depression are a warning light that signals that something needs to be understood and addressed in a thoughtful way. I have a relational, supportive, and direct style that helps people regain their strength and clarify the life they want. I look forward to talking with you.

Rebecca is passionate aboutadvocating for her clients’ needs and prioritizing cultural humility as shestrives to individualize client care. She is always patient and kind, willingto go above and beyond for her clients and colleagues.

Dr. Montañez invests her time and energy to develop strong, caring therapeutic relationships. She exudes a level of calm presence that puts at ease any client fortunate enough to find themselves sitting across from her in a therapeutic setting. She is an engaging, perceptive therapist who is very well liked and appreciated by the clients she serves.

I’ve known Dr. Kessler for ten years and have long admired his thoughtful and considerate approach to mental health issues, relationships, and the world.  I have found him to be extremely astute, perceptive, supportive, and professional.

Dr. Lowe possess sound clinical skills and has mastered the ability to acquire empirically based interventions and apply them with cultural sensitivity. He is able to meet a client where they are and allow them to feel heard and respected; then provide relevant resources to enhance their health and healing.

I have always been impressed with Dr. Lowe’s thoughtfulness, generosity, and depth of character. He thinks and feels deeply and is the kind of individual that you can approach and immediately jump into matters of substance. I can only say this about a few individuals—he’s an individual that I would trust with my true self with.

Dr. Robertson is a tremendous clinician with excellent clinical skills. She adapts therapy to meet the needs of anyone who seek her help. I enthusiastically refer people to Dr. Robertson, and she is especially good at connecting with and helping clients who have struggled in the past to find a therapist who fits their needs.

Dr. Kessler has a unique ability to connect with a wide range of clients, helping them feel cared for and understood. His personal style invites his clients into a caring relationship where his knowledge and clinical expertise directs them toward healing and personal growth. Warm, kind, respectful, and knowledgeable; Dr. Kessler is a tremendous psychologist.

Dr. Lowe is extremely intelligent and knowledgeable in the areas of his expertise, yet all of that is balanced with a warm and gentle humility that makes him extremely approachable. He has wisdom beyond his years, with a heart of compassion and empathy for those he works with.

Dr. Suway was clearly committed to issues of social justice and multicultural competency in her clinical practice with a sense of respectful curiosity and humility.

She truly stands out in regard to her clinical work and personality, as well as her commitment to multicultural growth, self- reflection, and her work with diverse populations.