We offer A relational approach to counseling for the whole family |
Welcome!
We help others create thriving relationships, joyful families, and vibrant wellbeing.
We offer a relational and holistic approach to counseling for adults, children, couples, and families. We are based in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a small coastal town in Encinitas, California. To learn more, click the Request Appointment button to schedule a free 15 minute consultation with a therapist now.
Our services
Our counseling services are available for those located within the State of California. We also offer groups and workshops for those wanting to learn and grow in community.
CounselingOur team of licensed marriage and family therapists offer psychotherapy for adults, adolescents, children, couples, and families.
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GroupsOur small groups provide the opportunity to dive into growth, connection, and healing with like-minded others. Coming Soon!
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WorkshopsWe offer educational and experiential workshops ranging from one hour talks to multi-day trainings and retreats. Coming Soon!
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Our Clients
Clients typically reach out to us for one of the following reasons: -They are encountering challenges in their romantic relationship or marriage, - They are concerned about their child's social, emotional, or behavioral wellbeing, -They are looking for a relational approach to parenting or family support. -They desire relational and integrative psychotherapy therapy for themselves.
ParentsWe encourage parents to deeply care for themselves and their children.
We offer mental health counseling during the peripartum period and beyond. We promote secure bonding and co-regulation throughout the life span. |
CouplesWe help couples and individuals improve romantic and marital relationships.
We guide those wanting to restore and heal distressed relationships. We instill safety with conversations centered on sex and intimacy. |
adultsWe address anxiety and depression through a holistic lens.
We tend to trauma and emotional regulation through mind/body healing. We support individuals through change, loss, and stressful life transitions. |
FamiliesWe invite whole families to come together for healing conversations.
We nurture the family's capacity to connect with each other and self. We teach responsive communication and co-regulation to all ages. |
childrenWe bring parents into the child therapy process to cultivate lasting change.
Through play we foster emotional regulation and secure connection. We compassionately tend to mental health and mind/body wellbeing. |
TeensWe offer teens a safe and confidential counseling space of their own.
We empower teens to develop resilience, self-compassion, and inner strength. We teach tools and skills that can be drawn upon through all of life. |
Our Therapists
Get to know the therapists at Integrative Family Therapy. You will find us to be warm, down-to-earth, and compassionately direct. We are skilled in our craft and bring our authentic selves to the therapeutic relationship.
klara placekKlara loves working with couples that want to improve their romantic relationship from an Emotionally Focused Therapy lens. She is also focused on providing individual therapy to adults wanting support with relationships, loss, stress, and life transitions.
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James hansonJames is focused on supporting couples, parents, and families connect and communicate with the people they care about the most. He also helps adults overcome anxiety, depression, and transform patterns of behavior that no longer serve them.
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meghan simonMeghan is passionate about working with parents, children, teens, and families from a relational and trauma-informed lens. Meghan is gifted at connecting with children through play while offering therapeutic tools for healing and growth.
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Our Approach
We are passionate about the art and science of relational wellbeing. We blend research based models, such as Emotionally Focused Therapy, with mind/body healing practices. We appreciate getting to know our clients and hearing their stories. We find fulfillment in our work and model balanced self care. We are committed to the facilitation of healing and growth.
EFFECTIVE We are trained in and utilize clinically validated therapy models
INCLUSIVE All races, genders, and sexual orientations are invited and welcome here
INTEGRATIVE We tend to the whole person, whole family, and whole system
GROWTH-ORIENTED We draw out strengths, resilience, and self-agency
HUMANISTIC We bring our whole selves to the therapeutic relationship
TRANSFORMATIVE We are inherently driven to learn, evolve, and actualize
TRAUMA-INFORMED We aim to cultivate safety, security, and empowerment
RESPONSIVE We aim to respond with accessibility, warmth, and engagement
NON-PATHOLOGIZING We seek to tend to what drives symptoms and behaviors
CONNECTION-BASED The heart of our approach is based on creating secure bonds
RELATIONAL Healing happens through connection, relationships, and community
INCLUSIVE All races, genders, and sexual orientations are invited and welcome here
INTEGRATIVE We tend to the whole person, whole family, and whole system
GROWTH-ORIENTED We draw out strengths, resilience, and self-agency
HUMANISTIC We bring our whole selves to the therapeutic relationship
TRANSFORMATIVE We are inherently driven to learn, evolve, and actualize
TRAUMA-INFORMED We aim to cultivate safety, security, and empowerment
RESPONSIVE We aim to respond with accessibility, warmth, and engagement
NON-PATHOLOGIZING We seek to tend to what drives symptoms and behaviors
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 loveRelationships // January 2021I 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. Yet here is the interesting thing. 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?
Keeping Your LOve Alive during the pandemicmarriage // january 2021When you and your spouse are working from home, with online schooling kids at home, keeping your love alive can seem like an optional task on a never-ending to do list. Yet affection, emotional connection, intimacy, and sex are important to the health of long term romantic relationships. They also play a vital role in our overall mental health and wellbeing. When couples know how to turn to each other, it makes it far more likely that they will move through stressful times with grace.
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ABOUT Our founderHello there, I am Cristina Trette! My purpose is to bring healing conversations and connecting experiences to as many as possible. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Mother, and the Owner of Integrative Family Therapy. Welcome!
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