Gwen Evans, Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, is a clinical therapist in Escondido and Fallbrook. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University and was also inducted into Chi Sigma Iota, Counseling’s Academic and Professional Honor Society. She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a Board-Certified Telemental Health Provider (BC-TMH). By way of military service in the United States Navy, she is a happy transplant to California from New York. She has lived in San Diego for the past 39 years.
Gwen’s clinical experience is diverse, including work in domestic violence, adult abuse prevention, and crisis intervention programs. She works with a wide range of clients, from court-mandated and Medi-Cal funded, to veterans, military, individuals, adults, and couples of all ages. Gwen’s areas of expertise cover spirituality or faith-based issues, midlife and aging, military deployment, childhood trauma, and intimacy issues. In addition to her role as a family therapist, Gwen is a premarital (Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts) SYMBIS facilitator, ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) certified, Certified First Responder Treatment Provider, Certified STOP (Domestic Violence Prevention and Training) Program provider, and is an Early Career Professional Member of AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists). She uses various therapeutic modalities, including CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative, Person-Centered, and Solution-Focused therapy, to provide personalized care to her clients.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading, drinking good coffee, facilitating personal development and enrichment workshops, completing jigsaw puzzles, and getting her cats trained to become certified for animal-assisted therapy.
To make an appointment, please contact 760-741-2660 or email [email protected].