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Why do I think this way, feel this way, or behave this way? Why did that happen to me? Why does he/she do this? What now? Is change possible? Can the future be different?
My name is David Antonetti, and I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist in Vista, California. I'd be glad to help you answer those questions.
I work with couples, families, and individuals facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and the strain of life's hardest transitions. After 24 years of military service, I also understand the particular weight carried by veterans and their families.
My approach is person-centered and rooted in the community. I believe healing begins when therapy is warm, genuine, and respectful, and that it works best close to where you live. Whether your struggles are longstanding or recent, overwhelming or just plain confusing, there are answers to be found, and I'm ready to begin that shared journey with you.
I see clients in person in Vista, California, and by secure video throughout the state.
Let's build something together. When you're ready, request an appointment below.
About
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David C. Antonetti
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
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David is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a retired 24-year veteran of the Armed Forces. He holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in counseling and psychology majors that emphasize a holistic/systems focus on mental health and wellness. Not surprisingly, his therapeutic approach emphasizes the harmony between acceptance and change, and between individual and broader social factors. His work is founded on the idea that even the most confusing symptoms can be understood in context, when we combine empathy and time-tested methods of scientific inquiry to understand how and why our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors go astray in some very predictable ways.
Starting from this perspective, and with a focus on psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral interventions, David has successfully treated a breadth of mental health challenges, including marital and family conflict, parent/child relational problems, addiction, post-traumatic stress, chronic and explosive anger, depression, anxiety, panic disorder, and adjustment problems. Additionally, from his time as coordinator for the premarital counseling program at a large community mental health center, he has a breadth of experience teaching workshops on marriage foundations, roles and responsibilities, communication, marital finances, intimacy, passions and motivations, and trust.