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You are about to embark on one of the most exciting adventures of your life - going to college. While the anticipation of college or university may fill you with excitement and wonder, it could also cause fear, anxiety, uncertainty, and other feelings that can be difficult to tolerate. You may be concerned about leaving home, living in a dorm, or the stress of classes and coursework.

Whether you are located in downtown La Mesa, the suburbs of La Mesa, other nearby places such as Chula Vista, National City, or anywhere else in California, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

How College Counseling Can Help

College counseling from a licensed therapist or counselor can help you sort out your complex emotions and concerns so you can move forward with more confidence and self-awareness.

Are you curious about what therapy can offer when you go away to college? Read licensed therapist Chelsea Etheridge’s personal story about going to a college counselor.

Speak With a College Counselor Today!

If you’re dealing with pre-college nerves or negative feelings concerning college, counseling can help immensely. Once you’re in college, a therapist can also help you handle the stresses of classes, peer pressure, and your growing independence. With Mental Health Match, finding a great therapist is easy! Get started by browsing below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Pak Poon
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Strengthen relationships with yourself and with others. Improve your confidence and your self esteem to help you feel better and more able to manage excessive worries, overwhelming feelings, and stress.


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Strengthen relationships with yourself and with others. Improve your confidence and your self esteem to help you feel better and more able to manage excessive worries, overwhelming feelings, and stress.

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I specialize in depression, anxiety and relationship issues. I provide couples therapy to pre-marital, engaged, and married couples to increase emotional connection. I also have training in Sport Psychology, in the area of Injury and Anxiety

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Asian and Pacific Islander Issues
  • Depression
  • grief
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Sport counseling
  • Sport Injury Counseling
  • Sport Psychology
  • Sports Performance
  • Stress
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
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Pak Poon remote and phone therapy in California, Nevada, Texas
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Tala Johartchi
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Together, we will collaborate to create a safe space to make room for your thoughts, feelings, and lived experience, build affect tolerance, acceptance, anxiety management, self-compassion, and guide you to having a positive self concept.


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Together, we will collaborate to create a safe space to make room for your thoughts, feelings, and lived experience, build affect tolerance, acceptance, anxiety management, self-compassion, and guide you to having a positive self concept.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use an integrative approach tailored to help you explore and get to know your true self. I feel that true healing occurs when we can deepen our relationship to ourselves and bring what is unconscious into the conscious mind.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Adults
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Attachment Wounds
  • Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Codependency
  • College Students
  • Co-occurring disorders
  • Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • grief
  • Infertility
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Love Addiction
  • Mood Disorders
  • Mourning
  • Parenting
  • Partners & Family of Addiction
  • Personality Disorders
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationship Exploration and Enhancement
  • Self Esteem & Confidence Issues
  • Trauma
  • Young Adults
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Tala Johartchi remote and phone therapy in California
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Jessi York
Together, we will:

Work to find your inner strength and hope. Deciding to start therapy can be a difficult choice and make you feel vulnerable and uncertain about the future. It's my goal to make this process as easy as possible since we all need help sometimes!


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Together, we will:

Work to find your inner strength and hope. Deciding to start therapy can be a difficult choice and make you feel vulnerable and uncertain about the future. It's my goal to make this process as easy as possible since we all need help sometimes!

Something to know about my approach is:

I am passionate about working with children, teens, and adults to provide a safe space for the open exploration of thoughts/feelings. I utilize humor, direct approaches, and positive regard to help clients gain an understanding of their problems.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Child Therapy
  • Communication Skills
  • Depression
  • Life Transitions
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Relationship Distress
  • School issues
  • Teenagers
  • Trauma
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Jessi York remote and phone therapy in California
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Kristin Murphy
Together, we will:

Develop a therapeutic relationship where you can be your authentic self in a safe and trusted environment. We will explore strategies to increase or decrease behaviors, set realistic goals and develop coping skills.


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Develop a therapeutic relationship where you can be your authentic self in a safe and trusted environment. We will explore strategies to increase or decrease behaviors, set realistic goals and develop coping skills.

Something to know about my approach is:

It can be both a directive and supportive to meet my clients where they are at, and move at your own pace through difficult experiences or emotions

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Body Acceptance
  • Caregiver Stress
  • College Students
  • Depression
  • grief
  • Irrational Thoughts
  • Job related issues/stress
  • Life Stages
  • Life Transitions
  • Mindfulness
  • New Parent
  • Panic Attacks
  • Parenting Skills
  • Postpartum
  • remote work stress
  • Self Esteem & Confidence Issues
  • Stress
  • Work stress
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Kristin Murphy  remote and phone therapy in California
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Georgina Garay-Lozano
Together, we will:

Explore how the past has impacted your present day. We will make meaning as we expand our understanding of you and feel deeply in order for you to feel safe and happy in your body.


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Together, we will:

Explore how the past has impacted your present day. We will make meaning as we expand our understanding of you and feel deeply in order for you to feel safe and happy in your body.

Something to know about my approach is:

We will begin with an exploration of past history. This will help me know the path to take and the resources you already hold. Pacing is important, so we will figure out what combination of talk and processing therapy is right for you.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Birth trauma
  • Childhood Emotional Neglect
  • Childhood Issues
  • Childhood Trauma
  • College Students
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Depression
  • grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • Identity
  • Inner Child Work
  • LGBTQ+
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Racial Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social Skills
  • Starting a Business
  • Starting College
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
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Georgina Garay-Lozano remote and phone therapy in California