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Therapist in San Diego, California Alma Phillips, Therapist

Gender Identity: Female (She/Her)

Ages Served: 6-75+

Appointments: In-office and Online

Manages Medications: No, provides therapy only

Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans

Alma Phillips, Therapist

Alma Phillips, MSW, LCSW

Specializes In:

Anxiety
Panic attacks
Stress management
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Alma Phillips is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over twenty years of experience in the mental health field. She received her masters in Social Work from California State University, Long Beach, with an emphasis in children, youth, and families and a B.A. in Psychology from University of California, San Diego. Alma works with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her specialized certificate in Play Therapy has given her a wealth of experience and training in working with children’s issues. She specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy and also offers EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). She can speak Spanish.

Alma’s areas of focus include adjustment problems, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, parenting, stress management, and trauma. Alma demonstrates great empathy with her clients and uses an eclectic approach tailoring her interventions with each individual/family she sees.

Types of Care & Ages Served

Areas of Focus

Family Therapy

Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anxiety
  • Panic attacks
  • Stress management
  • ADHD
  • Attention & focus
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Family conflict
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Parenting
  • Premarital counseling
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-injury or cutting
  • Social skills & communication

Individual Therapy

Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anxiety
  • Panic attacks
  • Stress management
  • ADHD
  • Aging
  • Anger issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Caregiving
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Chronic pain-related issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Emotional abuse
  • Ethnic identity
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Parenting
  • Phobias
  • Premarital counseling
  • Racial identity
  • Religion & spirituality
  • Retirement
  • School avoidance
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Sexual trauma
  • Social skills & communication
  • Trauma & PTSD

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

  • California State University - Long Beach

FAQs

Please call us at 858-737-6075 to schedule an appointment with Alma Phillips.

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See what our patients are saying about Alma Phillips

Alma is amazing and her compassion to help people shows in all she does. Her knowledge is vast and if she needs some assistance with something new she's able to gain the knowledge and pass it on to her patients in a way that is easy to understand and follow. I am a success story because of Alma. I highly recommend counseling and definitely with Alma!
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Jason T.

Jason T.

Oct 26, 2022
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Alma was a spectacular therapist — warm, caring, cheerful, compassionate, empathetic, and she has great wisdom. I felt a very strong connection and trust with her, and was able to open up about many things. I feel I made a lot of progress during the months we worked together. 👏👏👏👌☺️
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Carl R.

Carl R.

Nov 11, 2025
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Dr Alma Phillips listens to every word I say… even when I seem to talk in a fast way… she keeps you on track when you go off… and puts right back to the important topics you need to discuss. Very attentive!! Very Kind And friendly yet very professional too!!
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Karen L.

Karen L.

Jan 29, 2024
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Great therapist very professional and concerned with patient and quickly evaluates the situation and problem presented. Very open and shows quickly her intent to guide the patient towards a resolve that will include life style change that can fix the problem.
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Thomas L.

Thomas L.

Oct 26, 2022
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Alma is a wonderful therapist. She's compassionate, knowledgeable and professional. She's also trained in EMDR and fluent in Spanish. She always goes above and beyond to find the better approach to help me.
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Santiago L.

Santiago L.

Jan 17, 2024
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Friendly, patient and helpful. She works hard to understand you and listens well.
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Celeste J.

Celeste J.

Apr 21, 2026
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