California › San Diego
Tandem Alliance lists 11 verified specialty therapists practicing in San Diego, each vetted in three steps: active California licensure, verified specialty training, and a clean disciplinary record with the state board.
San Diego's roster is notably strong in trauma-informed care, couples work with Gottman-trained clinicians, men's mental health, and culturally responsive therapy for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ clients. Most offer in-person sessions in San Diego and all provide telehealth to clients across California — the full California directory covers the rest of the state.
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Ky blends somatic techniques with spiritually-inspired practices to help clients move past trauma and cultural pressure toward a more authentic life.
Ky [pronounced "key"] brings guidance rooted in both the human experience & spiritual wisdom. Having grown up in a working class immigrant family, she has a deep understanding of how traumatic life experiences and cultural pressures can inhibit us from living an authentic and purposeful life. She has a unique style with a blend of somatic techniques and spiritually-inspired practices (guided imagery, energy work, and Buddhist teachings).
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Marisa brings humor and cultural sensitivity to her work helping clients build self-esteem and untangle anxiety rooted in relationships.
Trained in IFS, ACT, CBT, and DBT, Marisa specializes in those seeking help for low self-esteem, anxiety, attachment concerns, and trauma related to relationships. With nearly a decade of clinical experience, she offers a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive approach blended with humor and creativity.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Nnamdi helps clients explore the roots of their emotions and core beliefs, building self-awareness one honest layer at a time.
Nnamdi utilizes a trauma-informed, strength-based, person-centered approach to explore the depths of the mind, body and spirit. Exploring the roots of our emotions, uncovering and revealing the core beliefs, thoughts and feelings, Nnamdi will empower you through self-awareness and self-determination.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Misty's neuropsychological evaluations give neurodivergent kids and teens a clear, strengths-based picture of how they learn and think.
Misty is an educational neuropsychologist with advanced training in brain development and functioning. She specializes in working with neurodivergent children and teens — including those with Autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities — who also have complex mental health needs such as trauma, anxiety, and mood disorders. Her evaluations are always strength-based and neuro-informed, integrating both clinical and educational perspectives.
As a first-generation Afghan-American, Tina brings personal insight to her Gottman-based work with interracial couples and blended families.
Tina is a first-generation Afghan-American woman with a passion for understanding human behavior and relationships. As an LMFT, Tina specializes in couples therapy using the Gottman Method and Attachment Theory, with particular expertise in interracial couples and blended family dynamics.
In-network: Aetna · Anthem · BCBS · Cigna · Optum · UHC
Dr. Bellomio treats eating disorders and OCD together, drawing on nearly 15 years of residential-level experience and the shared anxiety roots between the two.
Dr. Bellomio is a licensed psychologist with nearly 15 years specializing in eating disorders — including 10 years at a residential/PHP/IOP facility as clinician, supervisor, and assistant clinical director. She also specializes in OCD with ERP certification through IOCDF. She participates in ongoing consultation groups and trainings in this area, viewing eating disorders and OCD as meaningfully connected through their shared anxiety foundations.
In-network: Aetna · Anthem Blue Cross · Cigna
A trained priestess and Feminine Rites of Passage Facilitator, Camille helps clients move through life's milestones with ceremony rather than fear.
As a Filipina, queer, pansexual first-generation American, Camille brings over a decade of counseling, workshop facilitation, and mentorship experience to her practice and a deep personal understanding of navigating identity at the intersections of culture, race, and sexuality. Her clinical work is informed by the Gottman Method (Level 2 trained), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and attachment-based approaches. As a trained priestess and Certified Feminine Rites of Passage Facilitator, she also helps clients move through milestones — singlehood, engagement, childbirth, postpartum, motherhood — with intention and ceremony rather than fear or confusion.
In-network: Aetna · Anthem · BCBS · Cigna · Optum · TRICARE · UHC · Sliding scale
A bisexual man himself, Will helps men embrace and express their emotions authentically, without shame or fear of judgment.
As a bisexual man with 17 years in practice, Will has a deep commitment to serving his community and specializes in helping men on their journeys of self-discovery and personal empowerment. He believes that true strength lies in the ability to embrace and express emotions authentically, without shame or fear of judgment, and provides a safe, compassionate, non-judgmental environment to feel seen, heard and supported to explore their truths.
In-network: Aetna · BCBS · Optum · UHC · Sliding scale
Ryan combines EMDR and Somatic Experiencing to help clients move past insight alone into real, lasting change from complex PTSD.
Ryan is a dual-licensed LMFT and LPCC with 10+ years of experience specializing in trauma, complex PTSD, and somatic healing. Drawing on EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, IFS, and experiential approaches, he helps individuals, couples, teens, and families move beyond insight to create meaningful, lasting change. Intensive and extended sessions available.
Private pay · Superbills provided
Certified in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Elizabeth helps clients reprocess trauma and rebuild healthier relationships and beliefs.
Elizabeth Knutsen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in trauma, PTSD, and attachment, working with individuals and groups in both weekly and intensive formats. She is trained in Brainspotting (Level 2) and certified in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, and draws on somatic, trauma-informed work to help clients reprocess trauma and build lasting, healthy habits, relationships, and beliefs. She sees clients in person in San Diego County and by telehealth across California and Oregon.
Accepts insurance. Private pay and superbills also available. Limited sliding scale.
Kelli's somatic EMDR helps clients who can already explain their patterns finally feel different, not just understand themselves better.
Kelli Redfield is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North County San Diego, seeing adults in person in Escondido and Del Mar. She specializes in somatic EMDR and sensation-focused trauma work for people who can explain their patterns clearly and still feel the old alarm firing. Somatic EMDR helps you work with what's happening beneath the surface—so you can finally begin to feel different, not just understand yourself better. She offers extended EMDR intensives of two to four hours alongside standard weekly sessions, and also works with OCD and phobias, bringing ERP into EMDR work for compulsive and avoidance patterns. Her style is exploratory and reflective — warm, curious, and grounded.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided. Limited sliding scale.
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The current roster includes trauma-informed clinicians, Gottman-trained couples therapists, men's mental health specialists, and therapists focused on culturally responsive care. Each profile lists verified training and certifications.
Yes — every listing is Tandem Verified: license verified with the California board, specialty training documented, and disciplinary history reviewed before the profile went live.
Yes. Every San Diego listing offers secure telehealth to clients anywhere in California, alongside any in-person availability shown on their profile.
Rates and payment options vary by clinician and are listed on each profile — some accept insurance, others are private pay and can provide a superbill for reimbursement.