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Miriam Chor Freitas, LCSW.
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW (she, her)
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $190
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Cash, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Venmo, Visa
Insurance
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Health Net
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- MHNet Behavioral Health
- Optum
- Oxford
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / LCSW72895 Miriam Chor Freitas
- Certificate from Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga 2021
- Certificate from EMDR Certificate (2018) and Somatic EMDR (2023)
- Attended San Diego State University, Graduated 1999
Clinical Social Work/Therapist: Miriam Chor Freitas
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Anxiety
- Depression
Expertise
- Addiction
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Chronic Illness
- Codependency
- Divorce
- Dual Diagnosis
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- HERPES/HPV Psycho-education and Support
- Infidelity
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Sexual Abuse
- Social Justice, Military, Immigration/Aculturation
- Transgender
- Veterans
- Women's Issues
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Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- EMDR
- Expressive Arts
- Holistic
- Integrative
- Positive Psychology
- Relational
- Somatic
- Therapeutic Qi gong and Yoga
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused
Groups
Virtual Mindful Living/Stress Management Group
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This group is focused on teaching and discussing self-care strategies, emotional regulation skills, and practical suggestions to promote health and emotional well-being, especially during this Pandemic that is affecting all aspects of our lives. Positive peer support will be encouraged. Maximum number of group members - 12 people.
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Miriam Chor Freitas, L.C.S.W.
ON-LINE
Poway, CA 92064
Online Herpes Support Group for Women
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"Herpes is extremely common, you are not alone." Psychoeducation about the medical and emotional aspects of the infection. Coping skills to deal with the practical as well as the emotional aspects of living with an STI and the STIGMA attached to them. Address how the diagnosis affects people's self-esteem, self-regard, how they approach sex and relationships and learn to heal from the pain, come to accept their new reality and learn to see yourself with the diagnosis in a healthy and compassionate way.
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Online
Poway, CA 92064
Location
Primary Location
Miriam Chor Freitas, LCSW.
12929 Pomerado Road
Poway, CA 92064
(858) 256-7984Email us
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