Marriage & Family Therapy with Bernard & Priscilla Chen
California LMFT 128955, 133401
Florida TPMF 1037, 1038
About Us & Our Story
Early in our relationship, we discovered a shared passion for helping our clients process how difficult issues like mental illness and relationship conflict are influenced by their family of origin. Getting married in 2022 turned out to be the next step in our career, as we began to grow together through small business ownership. We will help you to understand yourself as an emotionally differentiated individual, create a new sense of personal responsibility, and learn the life lessons that you should have gotten from your family.
What is Combined Couples Therapy?
Combined therapy is an innovative method for couples therapy, where the treating clinicians are themselves a married couple. This approach integrates the perspectives from both Bernard and Priscilla to address your goals in a specialized setting, and can reduce clients’ perceptions of bias from the therapist.
Clinical Specialties
Shared Specialties:
• Premarital counseling & couples therapy
• Attachment focused dating & relationships
• Emotional self awareness for parents
• Family of origin & intergenerational issues
• Codependency & emotional maturity
• Personal processing for healthcare workers
(therapists, doctors, nurses)
• Christian & Biblical counseling
• Chinese, Taiwanese, & Asian cultural issues
• Sexual addiction & sex worker/Onlyfans regret
Bernard's Specialties:
• Entrepreneurs, startup founders, & business owners
• Adult children of alcoholics & addicts
• Internet, social media, & video game addiction
• Third Culture Kids & international expats
Priscilla's Specialties:
• Grief & loss
• Trauma & EMDR therapy
• Eating disorders
About Our Services
Session fees (sliding scale available):
$150 Individuals
$200 Couples & Families
Telehealth for Florida residents now available!
We are also available through Spring Health.
We meet with clients through telehealth video, and in-person in Mission Valley, San Diego. At this time we require couples and families to meet with us in person. Please fill out the contact form below and include a brief description of your primary concern and goals. We can then schedule a free video consult to determine if we are a good fit and discuss next steps!