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Anchor Point Therapy

Faith-Integrated Counseling for High-Achieving Teens & College Women

Anchored in Hope

Anchor Point Therapy is a faith-based boutique psychotherapy practice based in Mission Bay. â€‹

​Evidence-based and faith-based therapy for teens and young women across San Diego.

 

With over 15 years of experience working with youth, we help teens and young adults navigate today’s most common challenges while staying grounded in who they are, where they come from, and their identity in God.

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Adolescent Therapy

When a high achieving teen feels overwhelmed, it often stays hidden...

Driven, successful and focused...your child may look successful on the outside while struggling internally with anxiety, pressure, sadness, or worthiness questions.
Therapy that is aligned with values can help them develop the emotional tools they need to overcome and thrive.

What you notice:

  • Constant worry or overthinking
  • Academic burnout
  • Lower motivation socially or isolation
  • Sharing less often or snapping back
  • Irritable and overwhelmed
  • Questioning their faith or identity
  • Difficulty saying "no" or recognizing limits
  • Bursts of emotions 
  • Unsure about the process of transitioning to college
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Our Approach:

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Emotional regulation skills
  • Emotional Intelligence skills
  • Christian counseling & faith-integrated values
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR, if needed)
  • Tailored goal setting
  • Parent collaboration
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The Goal:

  • Emotional resilience
  • Increased self-esteem
  • Healthy boundaries
  • Reduced anxiety and depression
  • Improved social capacity and conversations at home
  • Effective time and stress management
  • A sense of readiness for the transition to college or navigating college well
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About Us

With over 15 years of experience, Anchor Point Therapy understands the profound impact of therapy. We have helped guide young individuals through challenges such as: 

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  • Academic pressure

  • Perfectionism

  • Loss of a parent (while in school)

  • Coping with divorce/blended families

  • College & living away from home

  • Managing medical issues while in college

  • Adjusting to roommates

  • Isolation and ineffective coping

  • Unhealthy relationships and breakups impacting performance

  • Overcoming social anxiety...  all while honoring their Christian values.

Our Team. Authentic & Effective Connection 

Genuine connection & effective therapy with professionals that work anxious students everyday
Ashley Cox LMFT

Teens - College - Young Women

Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Attachment Injury, Relationships, CBT, EMDR

Alison Ratermann ASW

College-age & Young Women

Anxiety, Depression, Attachment, Grief, Trauma, EMDR, DBT 

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"It actually has been making me cry just thinking about how much you helped me and you were just such a good friend to me for many years and I'm forever grateful"

College age client

Services

"We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain" 
- Hebrews 6:19

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Office in Mission Bay

Locations

Therapy is effective in-person or virtually

We offer both!

Your Home or Office

Serving all San Diego Regions including Mission Bay, Bay Park, Point Loma, La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Coronado, Poway, Rancho Santa Fe, Carmel Valley, Santee, Del Mar, Mission Valley and beyond!

We can work with anyone in California with virtual sessions!

4305 Gesner St., Suite 215

San Diego, CA. 92117​

619-333-7520

© 2023 Anchor Point Therapy 

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