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Marriage and Family Therapists are licensed by the State of California.  They must undergo extensive education, training, clinical fieldwork and pass two rigorous exams to demonstrate professional competency.

Treatment from a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist is cost-effective and practical.

Marriage and Family Therapists are covered by the psychotherapist-patient privilege.  Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT's) are Psychotherapists, with the specific focus on how an individual relates to his/her world. In other words, LMFT's consider the whole person and how he/she exists within that system.

Christina Neumeyer, a married mother of two, is a psychotherapist in private practice (Carlsbad, California). Receiving her Master's Degree from from the University of San Diego in 1995, she has many years working in Social Services.

A competent mental health professional licensed to assess, diagnose, and treat patients with interpersonal conflicts, she believes that "therapy should be affordable, time-efficient, and practical."

Christina trained with Dr. Edna Foa in January 2009  and participated as Research Study Therapist utilizing Prolonged Exposure Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy on a joint Department of Defense/UCSD study grant for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. These concurrent studies are set to be two of the largest studies done with PTSD to date. She is a Trauma Specialist,  with expertise in Combat and Military Sexual Trauma, as well as rape and childhood abuse.

Additionally, Christina is Certified in Cognitive Processing Therapy, Domestic Violence Duluth Certification, Crisis Response, Chemical Dependency, and Sexual Assault Training.

She is a Community Lecturer, Breastfeeding Educator, and a Clinical Member of  the American Counseling Association, and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).

Bio: Est. Private Practice, Carlsbad, CA 2006

Fall 2012, Sept. – Dec.

Part-Time Adjunct Professor, University of San Diego, Department of School, Family and Mental Health Professions

School of Leadership and Education Sciences, Grad Dept., University of San Diego

5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110 Introduction to Family Counseling

Jan 2009 – August 2012

Research Study Therapist, Veteran’s Medical research Foundation

UCSD/VA Research Study Grant for PTSD Vets using Prolonged Exposure Therapy & Cognitive Processing Therapy

Title: Telemedicine for Improved Delivery of Psychosocial Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Granting Agency: Department of Defense Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/Traumatic Brain Injury (PTSD/TBI) Research Program of the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

Project #: W81XWH-08-2-0076

Status: Funded; June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2013 (5 Year Project)

Role on Project: Study Therapist

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Christina's Publications Include:

• "A New Style of Parenting,"  The Therapist Magazine, Jan/Feb 2003
• Book review: "What is God? What is Beauty?  What is Death?" The Therapist Magazine,  Nov/Dec 2004.
• Washington Post feature and interview, December 2002.
• "Soulful Gestures," Family Therapy Magazine, July/August 2014
• Suicidology,San Diego Reader Blog, May 2015
• Cult Vs Co-Op, San Diego Reader Blog, August 2015
• Oustide Magazine, Letter to the Editor on Suicide, Jan/Feb 2019

BLOG    

 Dec, 2018 Video

Nov. 2017, Video

Speaking Presentations:

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Kiwanis Club of La Jolla. April 7th, 2016

Evidence Based Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress 

CAMFT, San Diego, CA June 6th, 2013