Bipolar disorder therapists & psychiatrists in La Mesa, CA

I specialize in supporting high-functioning adults navigating ADHD, burnout, addiction, and emotional overwhelm. My approach is direct, compassionate, and focused on helping you understand how your mind works—while building practical tools that create real, lasting change.

I strive to provide a warm, safe, and non-judgmental environment for my clients. I am passionate about helping clients find support and tools to navigate life's challenges, release emotional burdens, and reconnect with their own strengths and values. My goal is to provide a space where you feel heard, understood, respected, and empowered to move forward through life's challenges.

I provide a compassionate, client-centered approach tailored to your goals, values, and culture. During our first session, we’ll create a personalized treatment plan and begin building a supportive therapeutic relationship. I integrate evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness, and EFT tapping, to help you manage anxiety, depression, stress, relationship concerns, ADHD, and life transitions while building resilience and emotional well-being.

Take the first step toward healing. Therapy is a journey toward healing, resilience, and growth.

Current Certifications:

1. Certified Binge Eating and Chronic Dieting Professional (CBECDP)
2. Certified Mindfulness-Informed Professional (CMIP)

My Specialties Include:

Women's Issues

Men's Issues

Depression (MDD)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Relationship Issues

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Issues

ADHD in Adults

1. Stress management
2. Panic disorder
3. Substance misuse disorders
4. Remote and hybrid work challenges
5. Support for stay-at-home parents
6. Individuals diagnosed with Chronic Illness(es)
7. Sports mental health

I specialize in helping teens and young people find their voice and find their path. I love what I do because I get to help people find belonging and community beyond themselves, while also freeing them from their mind's limitations.

Hi, I’m Dr. Alison Dotti, a licensed psychologist who works with children, adolescents, young adults, and families. I have been practicing for 8 years and love being a part of my client's journey towards creating the life they want to live. I support clients who may be experiencing anxiety, depression, adjustment challenges, family communication concerns, motivation difficulties, neurodiversity, or questions related to identity and belonging.

Hello! My name is Heaven Cisse and I am a licensed marriage and family therapist. I have provided therapy for 9 years.

I specialize in helping individuals, couples and families navigate life's challenges such as work related stress, relationship issues, parenting, as well as symptoms related to depression, anxiety, postpartum, unresolved trauma, grief and loss.

Psychotherapy provided to adults seeking support. In treatment,we can create/reach goals to cope successfully while decreasing symptoms of anxiety/depression. Both short-term and long-term assistance available.

You’ve spent a lifetime caring for everyone else. My job is to help you finally exhale.

I’m Melissa Lou Koerner, LCSW — a therapist with 20+ years of experience helping people navigate the messy, meaningful, and often hilarious business of being human. I’m a generalist at heart, which means you don’t have to fit into a diagnostic box to work with me. If it’s part of your story, it’s welcome in the room.

Over the years I’ve supported adults, couples, families, caregivers, Veterans, adoptive families, and folks moving through grief, trauma, identity shifts, and major life transitions. From school hallways to hospice rooms to VA clinics to private practice, I’ve learned one thing over and over: people are far more resilient than they realize.

My style is warm, grounded, and practical. I blend trauma‐informed care, attachment work, and evidence‐based approaches with a healthy dose of humor — because sometimes the only way through a hard moment is to laugh at how absurd life can be.

And while I’m a true generalist, I’ll admit my favorite work these days is helping adults untangle enmeshment, estrangement, and parentification. There’s something powerful about watching people reclaim space in their own lives after years of carrying roles that were never theirs to begin with.

If you’re looking for a therapist who can help you untangle what’s heavy, honor what’s hopeful, and