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Trauma and PTSD therapists & psychiatrists in El Cajon, CA
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Top trauma and PTSD therapists and psychiatrists in El Cajon, CA
Headway connects El Cajon residents with 7,422 licensed trauma specialists offering evidence-based therapies like EMDR, Prolonged Exposure, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Sessions are available virtually or in-person, with many providers offering free consultations and appointments within days.
“My specialty and passion is providing trauma informed and culturally responsive support to empower others to meet their goals.”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety
Empowering, Solution-oriented, Warm
Accepts 6 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I have over 40 years of experience working with individuals and children experiencing depression, grief and life challenges.”
Trauma, Anger management, Anxiety, Depression, Family issues
Open-minded, Solution-oriented, Warm
Accepts 12 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I want all of my clients to strenghten their personal development tools so that eventually they can become more self-aware and self-correcting.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anger management, Anxiety, Cultural & ethnic issues
Challenging, Creative, Warm
Accepts 12 insurance carriers
“As an interactive therapist I use an integration of complimentary approaches, I offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client.”
Trauma, Depression, LGBTQIA+, Men's issues, Relationship issues
Direct, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 9 insurance carriers
“I specialize in helping adults whose anxiety and relationship struggles trace back to childhood, including emotional neglect, parentification, and growing up with a parent's mental illness.”
Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, LGBTQIA+, Men's issues
Inquisitive, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 4 insurance carriers
“I also have experience supporting men through substance use and recovery, helping them work through challenges and build a more grounded and fulfilling life.”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder
Direct, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 8 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I create an environment where you can face your discomfort without judgment. You will be able to work through your deepest fears, biggest traumas, and hardest decisions in my office.”
PTSD, Anger management, Anxiety, Cultural & ethnic issues, Depression
Inquisitive, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 5 insurance carriers
“Therapy with me is not about pushing or fixing—it's about understanding your patterns, restoring internal trust, and creating more ease in how you relate to yourself and others.”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety
Challenging, Empowering, Holistic
Accepts 10 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
Whether you're a professional navigating workplace stress and burnout, an athlete managing performance pressure, or someone carrying more responsibility than most, therapy can help you find your footing without sacrificing what you've built. I have particular expertise working with first responders, healthcare workers, and professionals in high-stress fields who carry the emotional weight of demanding work — and who need support that meets them where they actually are. I also work with adolescents and young athletes navigating the mental and emotional demands of competitive sport — from performance anxiety and burnout to the pressure of trying to reach the next level.
PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Grief or loss
Creative, Holistic, Solution-oriented
Accepts 3 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“My approach is active, collaborative, and deeply grounded in the present moment. I believe therapy should be more than just a place to vent; it should be a strategic partnership where you reclaim your life.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anger management, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder
Holistic, Participatory, Solution-oriented
Accepts 5 insurance carriers
“I combine geek culture with different forms of therapy. When it comes to therapy, I am a huge advocate of identifying your own strengths and interests to see if we can use them to bring about change.”
Trauma, Anger management, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Depression
Empowering, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 1 insurance carrier
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“My approach is personalized and collaborative. My goal is to provide a safe, compassionate, culturally responsive, and nonjudgmental environment where you feel heard, respected, and actively involved in decisions about your psychiatric medications...”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Cultural & ethnic issues
Direct, Energetic, Holistic
Accepts 12 insurance carriers
“The foundation of my training comes from Neo-Freudian thinking and practice, holding an optimistic view of personality development.”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety
Empowering, Inquisitive, Solution-oriented
Accepts 2 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I prioritize creating a space where clients feel genuinely seen, heard, and understood without judgement.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anger management, Anxiety, Chronic conditions
Empowering, Inquisitive, Warm
Accepts 6 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“My approach is to collaboratively personalize a plan that works for YOU based on YOUR goals and needs.”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety
Direct, Empowering, Solution-oriented
Accepts 2 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I integrate EMDR, somatic therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, hypnotherapy, and trauma-focused interventions to support healing...”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Depression
Holistic, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 4 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I am passionate about working for people of color in particular Asian folks as they're not many of us as therapists available.”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety
Empowering, Humorous, Solution-oriented
Accepts 12 insurance carriers
“I blend evidenced-based approaches steeped in acceptance and non-avoidance, with kindness, humor, art/creativity, and a DIY/punk ethos to empower commitments to growth and change.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Cultural & ethnic issues
Creative, Direct, Humorous
Accepts 8 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
I have a decade of experience treating adults and adolescents. I take a holistic and trauma-informed approach to mental health care. My therapeutic approach is integrative, person-centered, solution-focused, mindfulness-based, and CBT-based. I am a bilingual Latina clinician with an emphasis on the BIPOC experience.
Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Cultural & ethnic issues
Direct, Empowering, Open-minded
Accepts 3 insurance carriers
I genuinely like people, have always love to help ,
Will take my clients through the therapeutic process, with empathy and care for their experience in therapy to be a positive one.
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Cultural & ethnic issues
Empowering, Energetic, Solution-oriented
Accepts 15 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I provide a trauma-informed, whole-person approach that integrates somatic work and mindfulness to support deep and lasting healing.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Depression
Empowering, Holistic, Warm
Accepts 6 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I support perfectionists, empaths, and high achievers facing complex trauma, PTSD, unrelenting anxiety, chronic stress, and attachment challenges.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety, Chronic conditions, Depression
Affirming, Empowering, Warm
Accepts 1 insurance carrier
“I have navigated a wide range of life events—from adolescence to college, complex relationships, infertility, pregnancy, perimenopause, menopause, the impact of COVID, being a first responder, racial discrimination, and career transitions.”
PTSD, Anxiety, Chronic conditions, Cultural & ethnic issues, Depression
Affirming, Empowering, Warm
Accepts 7 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I work with you as a whole person: mind, body, heart and soul. I believe that in the very pain we usually try to avoid is a kernel of healing, and my job is to help you find it.”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety
Empowering, Holistic, Warm
Accepts 5 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
Theresa Russell - Porta Verum Psychotherapy Services
Therapist
Virtual & in-person • 12 mi away • San Diego, CA
“My own experience with therapy helped shape my interest in this work. While talk therapy benefited me in many ways, I sensed there was more beneath the surface...”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Depression
Inquisitive, Participatory, Warm
Accepts 5 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
My name is Joey Ritkes (he/him). I have been working as a mental health therapist for over five years. My practice has primarily been specialized in working with LGBTQ+ youth. However, I have worked with couples, families, emerging adults, and adults from all backgrounds. I am a client-centered therapist who enjoys working collaboratively with my clients to meet their goals.
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety
Affirming, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 8 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“Mark is a supportive, perceptive and skilled therapist, offering a safe therapeutic space, and capable of being fully present with his clients.”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety
Humorous, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 5 insurance carriers
“My goal is for you to leave with a clearer understanding of your mental health, a personalized plan for moving forward, and tools you can use right away to manage symptoms.”
PTSD, ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, OCD
Empowering, Holistic, Open-minded
Accepts 5 insurance carriers
“I specialize in helping adults with anxiety, depression, or ADHD when medications haven't worked well or have caused unwanted side effects.”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety
Direct, Solution-oriented, Warm
Accepts 9 insurance carriers
“Direct, Warm, Inquisitive and Critical questions that are focused on identity development in the family individual or couple system.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anger management, Anxiety, Cultural & ethnic issues
Empowering, Inquisitive, Warm
Accepts 8 insurance carriers
“I believe that therapy should be a safe, collaborative space where clients feel empowered to make decisions that most align with their values and needs.”
Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Chronic conditions
Affirming, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 2 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I will meet you in these difficult places and we will walk together, helping you break through to find hope, power, connection and energy.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety, Cultural & ethnic issues, Depression
Empowering, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 14 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“I take a very warm yet direct approach to therapy. Every session is intentional towards meeting your goals while also allowing space for you to address any stressors in your life or past trauma.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety, Infertility, Maternal mental health
Direct, Humorous, Solution-oriented
Accepts 4 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“My style is warm, collaborative, and culturally responsive. As a Mexican-American Latina and daughter of immigrant parents, I understand how culture, family expectations, and lived experiences can shape emotional well-being.”
Trauma, Anxiety, Cultural & ethnic issues, Depression, Family issues
Empowering, Humorous, Open-minded
Accepts 9 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“Her goal is that the client experiences a safe, non-judgmental place in the therapeutic relationship where they can work through their "stuff" in their own personal journey of healing.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anger management, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder
Inquisitive, Solution-oriented, Warm
Accepts 14 insurance carriers
“I create a safe, compassionate space where you can explore your inner world and reconnect with your natural capacity for healing.”
PTSD, Trauma, Anger management, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder
Direct, Empowering, Participatory
Accepts 4 insurance carriers
Hello, and welcome! I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in San Diego, CA. I specialize in helping individuals overcome the lasting effects of childhood experiences, as well as present traumas they may be facing. I have worked with adults, children and families in a variety of settings. I have provided space for people during the toughest of life transitions while teaching them tools to cope with the overwhelming emotions of grief and trauma. I’d like to be there for you too!
PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Family issues
Creative, Holistic, Warm
Accepts 10 insurance carriers
“With over fifteen years of clinical experience, I focus on individual, couples, and family therapy for adults 18 and older.”
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety
Humorous, Solution-oriented, Warm
Accepts 3 insurance carriers
Hi, I'm Brian! I'm a licensed counselor with a background in holistic medicine as well. I've worked with a variety of mental health concerns, with my primary specialty being treating trauma.
PTSD, Trauma, ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Chronic conditions
Empowering, Open-minded, Warm
Accepts 5 insurance carriers
Offers free consultationsView profile and book
“Grief, desperation, and self-inflicted suffering brought me to the point of reaching out for help many years ago and soon the seas began to calm.”
Trauma, Anger management, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Depression
Affirming, Direct, Inquisitive
Accepts 9 insurance carriers
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About our therapists who can help with trauma and PTSD located within 20 miles of El Cajon, CA
Number of therapists within 20 miles of El Cajon, CA
44+
Average years in practice
10 years
Top specialties offered
- 98%Anxiety
- 98%Depression
- 93%Stress management
- 93%Trauma
- 91%Relationship issues
Insurances accepted
- 100%Aetna
- 70%Anthem Blue Cross California
- 68%Carelon Behavioral Health
- 59%Cigna
- 52%Providence Health Plan
Languages spoken
- 91%English
- 23%Spanish
- 5%French
- 5%Tagalog
- 2%Arabic
How they see their clients
- 93%In-person or online
- 7%In-person only
Provider gender
- 70%Woman
- 30%Man
License types
- 52%Licensed Marriage/Family Therapist
- 16%Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- 11%Clinical Psychologist
- 11%Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
- 7%Nurse Practitioner
Treatment approaches
- 100%Individual therapy
- 36%Family therapy
- 20%Couples therapy
- 18%Child or adolescent therapy
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