Reconnect. Repair. Relate.
Therapy for Individuals and Couples in Pasadena and San Diego
Specialized therapy for relationship and personal struggles—we help individuals and couples create lasting, meaningful change in their lives and relationships.
In-person in Pasadena + San Diego • Virtual throughout California
Welcome. We’re glad you found us.
At Relate Therapy Center, we provide relational therapy for individuals, couples, and families. We help people grow and heal so they can live better lives and have better relationships.
Since you found your way here, either you or someone you care about has been feeling stuck, noticing unhealthy patterns, struggling with relationships, or looking to make changes to heal and grow.
We also understand that personal struggles and relationships are often interconnected. Regardless of whether you are seeking individual, couples, or family therapy, we know that relationships are essential to helping you get unstuck.
Meet our Therapists
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Dr. Mary Mansour
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATE | PASADENA + CA TELETHERAPY
Services Offered: Individual therapy, couples therapy, premarital therapy, individual therapy intensives, psychological assessments.
Ages: Adolescents, Emerging Adults and Adults
Relationships & dating, caregivers, relational trauma, family dynamics, identity & culture, grief & loss, college & graduate students, attachment & relationship patterns, life transitions.
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Dr. Celeste Carlson
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATE | PASADENA + SAN DIEGO + CA TELETHERAPY
Services Offered: Individual therapy, psychological assessments, couples therapy, individual therapy intensives, couples therapy intensives.
Ages: Children, Adolescents, Emerging Adults and Adults
Unresolved childhood trauma and abuse, relationship conflict, athletes, student-athletes, spirituality and faith concerns, LGBTQIA+ topics, adolescents, college students, young adults, performance pressure, perfectionist behavior, attachment issues, ADHD, anxiety/panic, depression, identity exploration.
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Dr. Lauren Mueller
LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST | SAN DIEGO + CA TELETHERAPY
Services Offered: Individual therapy, couples therapy, premarital therapy, family therapy.
Ages: Adolescents, Emerging Adults and Adults
Relationships, self-esteem issues, sexuality/sexual identity, spirituality, life transitions, women's issues, body image, new moms, overwhelmed moms, parenting concerns, history of abuse, identity issues.
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Nicole Wilkins, MA
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY INTERN |
PASADENA + CA TELETHERAPYnicolewilkins.relate@gmail.com
Services Offered: Individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, individual therapy intensives.
Ages: Children, Adolescents, Emerging Adults, and Adults
Attachment issues, unresolved trauma, relationships, faith and spirituality, shame, trauma and the body, stress and anxiety, self-esteem, codependency, identity issues, parenting, new moms, body image concerns.
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Dr. Steve Simpson
LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST | PASADENA + CA TELETHERAPY
Services Offered: Individual therapy, couples therapy, premarital therapy, family therapy, couples therapy intensives, individual therapy intensives.
Ages: Adolescents, Emerging Adults and Adults
Relationship problems, infidelity, sexual issues for couples and individuals, sexual performance, ADHD, depression, anxiety, impulse control, self-esteem, identity concerns, spirituality.
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Dr. Kelsy Richardson
LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST | SAN DIEGO + CA TELETHERAPY
Services Offered: Individual therapy, individual therapy intensives, adoption assessments, reading group for therapists
Ages: Adolescents, Emerging Adults and Adults
Therapists in training/new therapists, gender/sexual identity, religious/spiritual issues, cultural identity, OCD, trauma/history of abuse, chronic illness & disability, psychodynamic case conceptualization
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Dr. Mollie Shrader-Perry
LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST | SAN DIEGO + CA TELETHERAPY
Services Offered: Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy, Premarital Therapy, Individual and Couples Intensives.
Ages: Adolescents, Emerging Adults and Adults
Interpersonal Relationship Concerns, Identity Development & Exploration, Eating & Body Image Concerns, Grief & Loss, 3rd Culture Kids/Cross-Cultural Concerns, Religious & Spiritual Trauma, Family of Origin Concerns, Mood Disorders, Sexual & Gender Concerns, and Chronic Stress related to Intersecting Identities.
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Dr. Rebecca Rouse
LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST | PASADENA + CA TELETHERAPY
Services Offered: Individual therapy, couples therapy, premarital therapy, family therapy, couples therapy intensives, individual therapy intensives.
Ages: Children, Adolescents, Emerging Adults and Adults
Anxiety, depression, unhealthy relationship patterns, trauma, identity issues, infertility, pregnancy and loss, postpartum, parenting.
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Dr. Melissa Hofstetter
LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST | PASADENA + CA TELETHERAPY
Services Offered: Couples therapy intensives
Ages: Adults
Infidelity, relationship struggles and crisis, married couples, unhealthy relationship patterns.
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Dr. Brett Veltman
LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST | FOUNDER + DIRECTOR | PASADENA + CA TELETHERAPY
Services Offered: Individual therapy, couples therapy, premarital therapy, family therapy, couples therapy intensives, individual therapy intensives.
Ages: Children, Adolescents, Emerging Adults and Adults
Relationship struggles, leaders and professionals, infidelity, life stressors, relationships, separation & divorce, premarital therapy, dating struggles, spirituality and faith, college students, young adults, adolescents, work struggles, therapists, alcohol & substance abuse, industry professionals, identity issues, infertility, adoption, men’s issues.
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Gry Apeland, MA
ADVANCED CLINICAL THERAPIST | PASADENA + CA TELETHERAPY
Services Offered: Individual therapy, couples therapy, premarital therapy.
Ages: Children (10 and up), Adolescents, Emerging Adults and Adults
Religious and spiritual trauma, faith questions and deconstruction, coercive control and high-control groups, identity exploration, LGBTQIA+ affirming care, neurodivergent-affirming care, college and graduate students, shame and self-criticism, perfectionism, people-pleasing, anxiety, depression, relationship patterns, couples therapy, premarital counseling, life transitions.
Learn How We Help
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Individual Therapy
Focused, personalized help to specifically address the cause of distress that you are facing. Help to find relief from personal and relational struggles like depression, anxiety, trauma, and more.
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Couples Therapy
Maybe your relationship is in crisis or you have been dealing with nagging issues that you haven't been able to resolve, if so, then couples therapy could be a great help to repair or restore your relationship.
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Couples Therapy Intensive
Help for couples in crisis or who need to make significant relational changes over a short period of time. Meet for multiple sessions over 1-2 days led by one of our relational experts.
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Premarital Therapy
Invest and strengthen your relationship. Before walking down the aisle, get help for current struggles and prepare for future conflicts that might arise in marriage before they happen!
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Family Therapy
Maybe your family has been struggling with long-standing, unresolved issues. Maybe you've been blindsided by a family crisis. We help families better understanding one another and work through difficult issues together.
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Adoption Evaluation
We offer comprehensive psychological evaluations for prospective adoptive parents, including individuals and couples pursuing domestic and international adoption.
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Individual Therapy Intensive
A customized, immersive experience for people seeking accelerated healing, clarity or breakthroughs. Meet for multiples sessions over 1-2 days with one of our skilled therapists. .
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Psychological Assessment
We offer comprehensive psychological evaluations for teens and adults utilizing objective and projective measures to produce a thorough appraisal with personalized recommendations for your psychological care.
Our Locations
In-person in Pasadena and San Diego | Online throughout California
In-person therapy services are available at our Pasadena and San Diego offices.
Remote therapy services are available through secure teletherapy platforms from anywhere in California.