Counseling

NISD offers affordable counseling for individuals, couples, families and groups. We provide a confidential space to discuss your concerns and the direction you would like to take in your life. Our counseling sessions are conducted over a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform for clients residing anywhere in California, and in-person at our San Diego office.

As marriage and family therapists, we bring a relational lens to working with our clients – seeing problems as situated in relationships and social structures, rather than in people. Find out about our low-cost Relational Therapy packages here.

Some of the life concerns that can be discussed and addressed through  therapy include:

  • depression, anxiety and stress management
  • relational difficulties for couples, families and friends
  • career and life transitions
  • concerns around eating and body image
  • parenting challenges
  • traumatic experiences
  • grief and loss
  • dating, sex & intimacy

Our team of therapists are all grounded in Narrative Therapy practices and informed by other professional knowledge. We are LGBT-allied and culturally-sensitive, striving to stay close to your values rather than imposing our own. As our client, you remain the expert in your own life, and we position ourselves as facilitators and advocates, rather than holders of expert knowledge.

This team offers different fees and levels of experience in many areas of expertise. Through our MFT Residency Program, we have master’s level marriage & family therapists-in-training who can offer affordable counseling for low, sliding scale fees ($40-80/session) under the direct supervision and mentorship of a licensed therapist. We also have licensed therapists on staff who charge $100-120/session for clients who want a more experience clinician.

Please contact us to discuss your particular needs and we will do our best to match you with a person you can connect and collaborate with.