Areas of Specialty & Focus

Emotional & Lived Experiences
- Anxiety & Stress
- Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs)
- ADHD traits, neurodivergence & executive function struggles
- Perfectionism & fear of getting it wrong
- Productivity pressures & procrastination
- Self-trust & self-worth challenges
- Shame, guilt, or internalized pressure
- Depression
- Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs)
- Living with Polycystic-Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and/or autoimmune issues
- People in recovery (12-step, harm reduction, or other paths)

Identity & Systemic Harm
- Political stress/grief/rage
- Folks burned out from surviving capitalism, grind culture, and constant pressure to perform
- White folks unlearning whiteness
- Climate anxiety
- Navigating medical dismissal, gaslighting, or mistrust
- LGBTQIA+ affirming care
- Childfree by choice individuals
- Financial stress
- Helpers, healers, professionals questioning their role within systems of harm

Life Transitions & Relationships
- Life transitions (new careers, breakups, relocation, becoming a caregiver, etc.)
- Grief & Loss (personal, collective, or unnamed)
- College & graduate students navigating pressure & purpose
- Estrangement & family rupture (due to values, identity, or harm)
- Adult children of parents with addiction
- Communication in relationships
- Navigating friendships

Burnout & Collective Care
- Folks who are always “holding it together” and need a space where they don’t have to
- Therapists & space holders navigating emotional exhaustion
- Early career mental health providers navigating imposter syndrome and confidence struggles
- Caregiver Fatigue
- High burnout roles – Activists, organizers, healthcare workers, educators, frontline workers, single parents, those in constant service of others.

Hours
Mon – Thurs: By appointment only
Fri – Sun: Closed
Office
1455 Frazee Road, Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92108
Contact
(619) 839-9397
info@therapywithmicaela.com