A relational and holistic approach to counseling individuals, couples, and families

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​We help others create thriving relationships, joyful families, and personal wellbeing.

  We are a small group of Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists that provide psychotherapy for couples, individuals, and families. Together, we specialize in romantic relationships, parents, and families. We offer video therapy for clients all over the State of California and in-person sessions at our office in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a coastal town in Northern San Diego. If you are a new client, click the Request Appointment button below to schedule a free 15 minute consultation with a therapist to get started.
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Counseling services

Couples Therapy

We offer couples therapy for couples wanting to improve communication, enhance connection, and revitalize intimacy. We also support couples to overcome personal and family challenges.

Family Therapy

We offer family therapy for parents and children with a focus on creating connected parent-child relationships, healthy communication, and emotional responsiveness.

Individual Therapy

We offer individual therapy for adults and adolescents wanting support with relationships, family, life transitions, loss, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and overall wellness.

Specialties

couples

We guide couples to strengthen communication and connection.

We facilitate healing, forgiveness, emotional attunement, and depth.

We assist couples to revitalize sexual intimacy and chemistry.

Relationships

We welcome individuals to attend relationship therapy on their own.

We support individuals through all stages of romantic relationships.

We assist singles with developing healthy relationship skills.

Adults

We offer a relational approach to lowering anxiety and depression.

We support the development of healthy lifestyles and habit change.

​We facilitate healing for those with painful or traumatic histories.

Parents

We offer therapuetic support during and beyond the perinatal period.

We teach the cultivation of secure attachment throughout the lifespan.

We guide parents to connect with themselves and their children.​

Parent-Child Relationships

We help parents and children strengthen family relationships.

We guide families to develop connection and responsiveness.

We support families navigating mental health challenges and recovery.

Teenagers

We provide a confidential and supportive space for teens to talk.

We empower teens to develop a secure and compassionate view of self.

We teach coping, emotional regulation, and communication skills.

About Us

We are relationship 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 | Adults

Klara is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that specializes in helping adults and couples improve romantic relationships. She also provides counseling for adults wanting to explore attachment, family of origin, and work/life balance. 

James hanson

Couples | Families | Adults

James is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that specializes in helping couples communicate and connect. He also provides counseling for adults and families wanting support with mental health, substance use, and recovery.

leah webb

Teenagers | Parents | Adults

Leah is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that specializes in counseling teenagers and families. She also provides counseling for adults wanting support with relationships, family, career, life transitions, and mental health.

Our Approach

We are passionate about the art and science of relationship and personal growth. We appreciate getting to know our clients, hearing their stories, and guiding them to a space of deeper connection and fulfillment. We delight in our work and aim to model a balance of work, love, family, and play. 
EFFECTIVE  We are trained in and utilize empirically validated therapy models.  
INCLUSIVE  All races, genders, and sexual orientations are invited and welcome.     
INTEGRATIVE  We tend to the whole person and aim to integrate mind/body/heart.    
GROWTH-ORIENTED  We draw out strengths, resilience, and self-agency.
HUMANISTIC  We bring our authentic self to the therapeutic relationship.
TRANSFORMATIVE  We are 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 and understand what drives symptoms. 
CONNECTION-BASED  The heart of our approach is based on creating secure bonds.
RELATIONAL  Healing happens through connection, relationships, and community.

The latest On Our Blog

Developing a growth mindset in love

Relationships  //  January 2021

​​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 a common experience for all. After a big setback, some crumble, and never find their way forward again. While others are able to use the struggle itself to propel ahead. What makes the difference between those who fall apart and stay there, and those who get back up and move forward with grace?

Am I expecting Too much from my partner?

relationships  // July 2021

Modern couples want relationships that thrive. We want intellectual stimulation, depth, fulfilling sex, connection, romance, good times, and a happy family life. Is it wrong to want all of this? No. Who doesn't want a great life? Can unrealistic or high expectations create a lot of misery for us? Absolutely. 

ABOUT Our founder

Hello there, I am Cristina Trette! My purpose is to bring healing conversations and connecting 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!

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