About

Hi there, I'm Candyce.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California where I have lived most of my life. I love being outside, soaking up the sun at the beach or taking a good hike through the trees. I spend my free time paddle boarding and hanging out with my family. You can usually find me listening to music, giving my dog a snack, and engaged in a conversation with a friend.

I am a dedicated therapist and believe interpersonal counseling is a calling. I have experience with a lot of different people who have overcome things like relationship issues, family conflicts, grief and loss, emotional dysregulation, substance misuse, adjustment/stress disorders, as well as, just the general strain of being human. I have a neurobehavior background which helps me to explain to client how we think and feel the way we do in order to help you understand how thoughts and emotions impact behavior and what goes on in the brain.

I draw from a range of therapeutic modalities, because there isn’t one method or style that works for every client. I have found that a combination of strength based strategies and techniques from theories like Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems, Humanistic Theory, and Experiential/Communication models to be very effective. The counseling experience is meant to bring real life applications that clients and families can use outside the therapy room.

Counseling is about the bond we form together. “It’s the relationship that heals,” (Yalom, p. 112 of Love’s Executioner). The best measure of therapeutic outcome is the therapeutic relationship we develop together. I would be honored to be part of your journey and get to know you, the real you.