When an individual, a couple, or family members decide to share their life challenges, relational struggles, and suffering with a therapist, they seek to engage in a relationship to obtain some relief by making new meaning to their life experiences. During these interactions, we explore the workings of the minds both outside and inside the session and gain an experiential understanding of how we see ourselves and our patterns of relating to others, which opens new possibilities to experience life. My psychodynamic psychotherapy orientation is what informs me along this journey to self-understanding.
I have a California License in Marriage and Family Therapy and a certificate of Associate in Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. I also trained in Core Skills of Emotionally Focused Therapy, an approach to working with couples to understand how partners can meet their needs better.
I have worked for Palomar Family Counseling Service for six years in clinical and school-based (elementary and middle school) settings with children and adolescents, couples, and families in person and via telehealth. I supported their efforts to enhance the quality of their lives by understanding what led them to experience painful states of mind and using solutions that add suffering instead of alleviating it. This therapeutic work contributes to personal development and transformation.
Before joining PFCS, I had experience with diverse cultures working in an international corporation where I interacted with teams in Mexico, Europe, and Asia.
I provide services online.
I accept clients on a sliding fee scale and also accept Aetna, Blue Shield, Cigna (Evernorth), Medicare South, Scan Healthcare, Tricare West-9, Triwest-CCN Retired, and United HealthcareMedicare.
To make an appointment, please contact 760-741-2660 or email [email protected].
Benoit Vincent, LMFT, License #139135