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INDIVIDUAL THERAPY · CORONADO, CA
The most important relationship you've never tended to is the one with yourself.
Sometimes it's a specific thing. A relationship that keeps breaking down the same way. A period of anxiety that won't lift. A loss that has changed the shape of everything. And sometimes it's harder to name than that — a sense that something is off, that you're not quite living the life you meant to be living, that the version of you that shows up in the world isn't the whole story.
Individual therapy is a space to slow down, look honestly, and work with what's actually there.
In-person at 1111 5th St, Coronado · Telehealth statewide · Private pay
FREE CONSULTATION
15 minutes · No obligation
In-person or telehealth
MEANING · HEALING · DIRECTION · PRIVATE PAY · LICENSED CLINICIANS · CORONADO, CA
HOW WE WORK
Our approach to individual therapy is depth-oriented and integrative. We're not interested in quick fixes or symptom management for its own sake — though symptom relief absolutely matters. We're interested in what's underneath: the early experiences, relational patterns, and internalized beliefs that shape how you move through the world now.
Depending on your history and what you're working on, your therapy may draw from:
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Psychodynamic and depth-oriented approaches — to understand the unconscious patterns and relational histories that organize your present experience
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Attachment-based work — to explore how early relationships have shaped your sense of self, your capacity for closeness, and your response to perceived threat or rejection
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) — to identify and shift the thought patterns and behaviors that amplify distress
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EMDR — where symptoms are connected to specific memories or traumatic experiences that haven't been fully processed
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Somatic and mindfulness-based approaches — to develop genuine nervous system regulation rather than effortful suppression
We don't apply a single protocol to everyone. We start with you — your specific history, your goals, the way you've learned to cope — and build from there.
The gap between who you appear to be and what you're carrying.
There's no single right reason to come. The adults who reach out to us are often managing something that feels too complicated, too layered, or too private to address anywhere else. Some are high-functioning by most measures — and exhausted by the effort it takes to stay that way. Some are going through something acute: a relationship ending, a career pivot, a loss. Some are dealing with things that have been present for years — anxiety, depression, old wounds — and have finally decided they don't want to just manage anymore.
Common reasons people seek individual therapy with us include:
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Anxiety, chronic worry, or a nervous system that never seems to fully rest
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Depression, low mood, or a persistent sense of emptiness or flatness
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Trauma — past or ongoing — and its effects on relationships, self-image, and daily life
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Relational patterns that repeat across different relationships
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Major life transitions: career changes, moves, loss, identity shifts
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Military life: deployment stress, reintegration, transition out of service
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A desire to understand yourself more deeply and live with greater intention
"Something changes when you are genuinely seen by another person. Not managed, not advised, not reassured — seen. Most of us have spent years becoming very good at presenting the version of ourselves that holds it together. Therapy is the place where that version can finally rest, and where the work of understanding what's underneath can begin."
OUR APPROACH
We don't start with a protocol.
We start with you.
Individual therapy means something different for everyone who walks in. Because of this, our approach is depth-oriented and integrative, grounded in your specific history rather than a standard framework. We're interested not just in what's happening now, but in how it came to be — the early experiences, the relational patterns, the ways you learned to cope that once made sense and may no longer serve you. That understanding is usually where real change begins.
Depth over symptom management
Most people who seek therapy want relief — and relief matters. But symptom management alone has a ceiling. You can learn to regulate, reframe, and cope, and still find yourself back in the same place a year later. Our work goes deeper than the presenting symptoms to what's underneath them: the experiences, patterns, and internalized beliefs that keep producing the same results. Lasting change tends to follow from working at that level.
The relational frame
How we learned to connect — what we came to expect from relationships, from ourselves, from the world — was shaped long before we had the language to describe it. Those early lessons don't stay in the past. They organize how we respond to conflict, how we tolerate closeness, how we treat ourselves when we fall short. Attachment-based and relational work brings those patterns into focus — not to assign blame, but because understanding them is usually what makes something different possible.
The whole person, not the presenting problem
Anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and life transitions rarely exist in isolation. They're connected — to each other, to history, to the broader shape of a person's life. We work integratively, which means we don't treat symptoms in silos. We're interested in the full picture: what you're experiencing now, where it comes from, and what changes when you understand it differently. That integration is what makes the work sustainable rather than just temporarily useful.
You don't have to have it figured out to start
Many people put off therapy because they can't articulate exactly what's wrong, or because what they're dealing with doesn't feel serious enough to warrant it. Neither of those is a reason to wait. You don't need a diagnosis, a crisis, or a clear agenda. You need enough of a sense that something isn't working — and a willingness to look at it honestly. The first session is a conversation. We'll figure out the rest from there.
THE CORONADO CONTEXT
High functioning and quiet struggle can often look the same.
Coronado is a small, visible community where competence is the norm and struggle tends to stay private. Many of the adults who come to us for individual therapy have been managing for a long time — often successfully by most measures, and at considerable personal cost. The gap between how things look and how they actually feel is a common starting point here.
Individual therapy is one of the few places where that gap can be examined honestly.
We also work with a significant number of military-connected adults. For service members, that often means the psychological weight of a role that doesn't leave much room for vulnerability. For military spouses, it's frequently the accumulated cost of sustained self-sufficiency — carrying the household, the children, and the uncertainty of deployment largely alone.
For veterans, individual therapy often centers on identity: who you are when the structure and purpose of service is no longer organizing your life. We work with these realities directly, and with the understanding that they shape what therapy needs to look like.
A NOTE ON THE BENEFIT OF PRIVATE PAY
Choosing private-pay therapy means your care is never shaped by what an insurance company will authorize. The pace, the depth, the focus — all of it is determined by you and your clinician, not a billing code.
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MEET THE PRACTICE OWNER
Dr. Jenny Palmiotto
Psy.D., LMFT #47573 · Founder, True North Clinical Counseling
Dr. Jenny Palmiotto is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with deep expertise in relational, attachment-based, and trauma-informed therapy. With extensive training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and relational models, she guides clients through meaningful healing by helping them explore core emotional patterns and strengthen connections. She founded True North Clinical Counseling to bring depth-oriented care to the Coronado community — the kind of thoughtful, relational work that addresses the root, not just the symptom.
GETTING STARTED
What to Expect
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Free Consultation
We offer a free 15-minute consultation to assess your treatment goals and possible next steps. We prioritize both clinical and relational fit.
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Therapeutic Engagement
Beginning with intake, we provide evidence-based care in an empathetic, safe space as we walk alongside you through healing and growth.
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Applied Growth Work
Together we integrate practical tools, skills, and reflection so you can generalize new learning and make sustainable changes in everyday life.
Individual therapy in Coronado is available in-person at our private office or via secure telehealth throughout California.
LOCATION
1111 5th St, Suite 2, Coronado
ALSO AVAILABLE
Telehealth Statewide
PAYMENT
Private Pay Only
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