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Hi! I'm a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist based in California. I received my Masters from the University of Phoenix. I retired last year from a County position where I assisted adults, adolescences, and children struggling with suicidal ideation, hopelessness, and low self-worth find themselves. I have been using a person-centered approach for over 9 years working with individuals and families struggling with and managing severe to acute mental illness.
In our first session we will go through introductions. Then you and I will discuss and explore your reason for seeking therapy, your symptoms, stressors, what has worked and what hasn't. I may provide psychoeducation to help you understand certain automatic thoughts and perspectives developed in the past that appear to inhibit recovery. We will use what we find to define the structure, priorities, goals, and the work to be done.
As a person-centered therapist I do not judge people's behaviors. I find most people experiencing any level of mental illness often know the answer to their pain; however, struggle with the fear they will be judged, which can increase unnecessary shame and guilt, fear that symptoms and life will become worse, or that they will express their pain and not be heard. I like the fact I can often create an environment where a person can explore these thoughts safely.
I strongly believe in recovery. Whether recovery requires medication, is an individual choice and even then may not be permanent. I best serve individuals willing to explore different ways of seeing the challenges; those that seem to have stalled in the recovery process and may need a different perspective to move forward again; and those that may need to talk out an issue in a non-judgmental environment.
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Cash - $150 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Anthem
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Blue Shield of California - Medi-Cal
Blue Shield of California - Medicare
Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
CalViva Health (Medi-Cal)
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
Centivo
Central California Alliance for Health (Medi-Cal)
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
Community Health Plan of Imperial Valley (Medi-Cal)
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Gold Coast Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
Gold Coast Health Plan Total Care Advantage (HMO D-SNP)
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Health Net (Commercial)
Health Net (Medi-Cal)
Health Plan of San Joaquin/Mountain Valley Health Plan – Medi-Cal
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
IHSS Healthy Workers
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Independence Keystone 65 HMO
Independence Personal Choice 65 PPO
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
L.A. Care Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
L.A. Care Medicare Plus (HMO D-SNP)
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Partnership HealthPlan of California (Medi-Cal)
San Francisco Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
Santa Clara Family Health Plan - Medi-Cal
Scripps Health Plan
SFHP Care Plus (HMO D-SNP)
Sharp Health Plan
Surest (formerly Bind)
Sutter Health Plan
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
Person-centered (Rogerian)
I will not tell you how to live your life. I will help you, discover how you want to live your life.
9 ratings with written reviews
June 9, 2026
Best guy I've met therapist wise, hands down. I enjoy him as a person and a therapist. Great dude. Lucky I found him.
March 10, 2026
I liked how well he had an understanding about my trauma I had experienced at 9 years old which is what began my mental illness and how it interfered with my thoughts and emotions which caused me to develop unhealthy feelings about who I am and who I want to be. I think stress of emotional pain from losing my girlfriend along with the stress of doing my studies in college was too much at one time for me to cope with mentally. It only continued to worsen. I believe Scott can help me.
February 22, 2026
We have just started here and i have completed my thoughts and set goals so far with how he helps