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wE guide others to create thriving relationships, joyful families, and personal wellbeing.
We are a small group of Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists that specialize in couples and family therapy. We offer a relational approach to counseling and are trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy. We provide confidential online therapy as well as in-office appointments in Cardiff, California. We welcome you to schedule a 15-minute complimentary consultation with one of our therapists. To get started, click the Book Appointment button below.
Our Counseling services
COUPLES THERAPY
Couples Therapy helps couples work together to create positive change in their relationship while enhancing communication, connection, and intimacy.
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Family Therapy
Family Therapy guides families to improve communication, manage conflict, and bolster mental health. We see families with young children and adult children.
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INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
Individual Therapy is designed for adults wanting counseling for help with relationships, parenting, family, addiction, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
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OUr specialties
CouplesWe help couples improve communication, enhance connection, and revitalize intimacy. We support couples to heal the past, develop trust, build emotional intelligence, and learn skills to navigate conflict. In addition, we guide couples to engage in practical problem solving while strengthening romantic relationships.
familiesWe provide a confidential space for parents and their children to understand family dynamics, improve communication, repair rifts, and create mutually respectful interactions. We help family members cultivate honest dialogue while developing skills to manage conflict. We see families with young and adult children.
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ParentsWe offer a holistic approach to counseling parents throughout all the stages of parenthood. We help parents manage overwhelm, exhaustion, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. In addition, we provide attachment-based support for parents raising kids and teens with mental health and behavior challenges.
RelationshipsWe support adults to strengthen the important relationships in their life. We are with our clients as they navigate singlehood, dating, marriage, separation, and divorce. In addition, we help our clients strengthen relationships and communication with friends, business partners and colleagues.
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Holistic Mental healthWe offer a holistic and relational approach to mental health care. We guide our clients to uncover the root cause of symptoms and support them to live full and vibrant lives. Our work expands beyond the individual and we help parents, spouses and families develop coping skills and become a source of healing and stability.
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WellnessWe hold a mind/body/heart approach to counseling. The quality of our relationships, family, and personal wellbeing are impacted by our thoughts, emotions, sleep, substances, nutrition, exercise, self-care, and spiritual practices. We hold a mind/body/heart approach to counseling and support our clients to create lives that thrive.
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our Therapists
We are relationship and family specialists with varying areas of focus and experience. You will find us to be authentic, down-to-earth, and compassionately direct. We would be honored to work with you.
klara placek Couples and Adults
Klara is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that specializes in counseling adults and couples in the areas of romantic relationships, intimacy, trauma, family dynamics, and stress. She has a specialty in helping adults explore attachment and develop secure relationships.
175/50 minutes
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James HansonCouples, Families, Adults
James is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that specializes in counseling couples, adults, and families. He supports couples to communicate and connect. He has a specialty in counseling couples, parents, partners, and families with mental health and addiction concerns.
200/50 minutes
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Cristina tretteCouples, Families, Adults
Cristina is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that specializes in counseling couples and families. She helps distressed couples heal the past, renew closeness, and build intimacy. She also works with adults, parents, and families wanting to strengthen communication and connection.
225/50 minutes
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Our Approach
We are passionate about the art and science of relational and personal growth. We appreciate getting to know our clients, hearing their stories, and guiding them to a space of deeper connection, vibrancy, and fulfillment. We delight in our work and aim to model a balance of work, love, family, and play.
EFFECTIVE. We are trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy and other evidence-based practices.
INCLUSIVE. All races, genders, and sexual orientations are invited and welcomed at our practice.
INTEGRATIVE. We tend to the whole person and whole family with a mind/body/heart approach.
GROWTH-ORIENTED. We draw out strengths, resilience, agency, and caring for self and others.
HUMANISTIC. We bring our authentic self to the therapeutic relationship and walk our talk.
TRANSFORMATIVE. We believe that we are all inherently driven to learn, evolve, and actualize.
TRAUMA-INFORMED. We aim to cultivate safety, healing, and empowerment.
RESPONSIVE. We are accessible, empathic, warm, engaging, and present.
NON-PATHOLOGIZING. We seek to uncover, understand, and transform what drives problems.
CONNECTION-BASED. We emphasize and shape secure bonds within relationships.
RELATIONAL. Healing happens through person-to-person contact, connection, relationships, and community.
CONFIDENTIAL. We understand the need for, and are committed to, your privacy and confidentiality.
INCLUSIVE. All races, genders, and sexual orientations are invited and welcomed at our practice.
INTEGRATIVE. We tend to the whole person and whole family with a mind/body/heart approach.
GROWTH-ORIENTED. We draw out strengths, resilience, agency, and caring for self and others.
HUMANISTIC. We bring our authentic self to the therapeutic relationship and walk our talk.
TRANSFORMATIVE. We believe that we are all inherently driven to learn, evolve, and actualize.
TRAUMA-INFORMED. We aim to cultivate safety, healing, and empowerment.
RESPONSIVE. We are accessible, empathic, warm, engaging, and present.
NON-PATHOLOGIZING. We seek to uncover, understand, and transform what drives problems.
CONNECTION-BASED. We emphasize and shape secure bonds within relationships.
RELATIONAL. Healing happens through person-to-person contact, connection, relationships, and community.
CONFIDENTIAL. We understand the need for, and are committed to, your privacy and confidentiality.
The latest On Our Blog
Developing a growth mindset in loveRelationships // September 29, 2021
By: Cristina Trette, LMFT
I have come to know that every single one of us will struggle on and off throughout life. Two steps forward, one step back, seems to be the way. I have also noticed that after having a big setback, some will crumble and never find their out. Meanwhile, others are able to use the struggle itself to propel forward and immerse in learning and growth after the fall. What makes the difference between those who fall apart, and can't get back up, and those who get back up and leap ahead? Read More on The Blog. 
ten ways to experience more joy as a parentParenting // October 11, 2021
By: Cristina Trette, LMFT
Let me start by saying, I love my kids deeply and I love being a mother. Yet those early years of parenting babies, toddlers, and kindergarteners were hard! My baby would wake me at the crack of dawn. This was followed by a brief moment of cuddles and coffee. Then came a swirl of breakfast, diapers, dressing, car seats, strollers, school drop off, cleaning, laundry, playdates, lunch, naps, more diapers, karate, soccer, dance, gymnastics, homework, dinner, show, bath, teeth, jammies, bedtime stories, and finally, sleep. Read More on the Blog |
About our founderHello there! I am Cristina Trette. It is my purpose to bring connecting conversations and healing experiences to as many couples and families as possible. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Mother, and the Founder of Integrative Family Therapy. Welcome! |
