About Us

Biography

Dr. Emma Phan completed her doctoral degree at the Florida School of Professional Psychology in 2007. She graduated with a Psy.D. with a general track in clinical psychology. Her work experience includes assessment with students in various elementary schools in Florida, providing therapy to college students and staff members at UF and USF, forensic work including therapy and assessment in Atascadero at Atascadero State Hospital, and with inmate populations at RJ Donovan Correctional Facility.

Aside from enjoying work with every different client, Dr. Phan has a specialty focus on working with Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) populations. Dr. Phan speaks, writes, and reads fluently in Vietnamese.

Personal Info

  • (619) 997-6268
  • 821 Kuhn Dr. Suite 102
  •        Chula Vista, CA 91914
  • emmaphan@psychspecialty.com
  • psychspecialty.com
 

Services

Individual Therapy

Offering individual therapy to clients of all ages with a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, self-esteem, anger, grief, goal setting, relationships, court mandated issues, and substance abuse.

Couples Therapy

Offering couples counseling including marriage counseling. Issues addressed include infidelity, distance relationships, trust, communication, faith, and life changes

Assessments

Offering assessments for a variety of purposes including neuropsychology testing, learning disability testing, personality testing, academic/achievement testing, depression.

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Psychotherapy

Therapy has a slew of benefits for anyone willing to seek help. There is a body-mind connection that allows one to influence the other. With a healthy mind comes a healthy body. With a healthy system, we are able to interact with ourselves and our environment to the fullest potential.

A variety of  psychological orientations/approaches is used for each client to ensure that each client has an individualized treatment plan and goal(s). Approaches being used include Cognitive Behavioral, Humanistic, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Time Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy, Family Systems, Existential, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic, and Interpersonal.

Seeking therapy is like taking your car in for a tune up. The longer you drive your car and the more miles you put on it, the more likely there is wear and tear. Eventually there is a need for us to bring it in to get serviced and get things repaired that needs repairing. Well we can assume the body and mind are the same. We put our minds and bodies through a variety of stressors or  "wear and tear" and we should afford our bodies and minds the same care that we give to our cars. Hopefully  we believe that our bodies and minds have much more value than our cars. Without a healthy mind, our bodies will start to suffer various pains and ailments to the point we may not be able to utilize, much less appreciate our cars.

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