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Get To Know Your Relationship Expert & Therapist

I am a wife, a therapist, an adventure junky, a joker, a writer, a social butterfly, a motorcycle lover, a runner, and a busy bee.

I was once told that I wasn’t going to make it into graduate school and I wouldn’t be able to have a thriving private practice. I like challenges, so I took that challenge and proved them wrong. I am passionate and willing to take a risk for my life goals, dreams, and aspirations. My life long dream was to have a private practice….and I got it! Not only did I achieve my goal, but I bypassed my expectations.

I could tell you about the boring stuff…like being a Marriage Therapist in San Diego, and give you the “psycho-babble” jargon, but I would prefer to have you know ME, the person behind the scenes.

I sit in this brown swivel chair in my office, absorbing as much information as I can when I am with my clients. My goal is to really understand their world. My mind gets filled with movie images as they walk me through their lives, catching me up to speed. My heart dives in, and off we go. I don’t take sides…and I WON’T take sides. And I won’t pick who is “right” and who is “wrong;” couples already do enough of that. I don’t need to keep them stuck in that rut. So I try to take the couples out of their destructive ways of communicating, and into a new lens of the bond…creating a safe, secure bond.

Not only am a therapist, but I am the “ALL” of my business. I am the accountant, the secretary, the CEO,the PR wanna-be, the HR department, the SEO wanna-be, etc. My hats change depending on the day, and all of it I do full hearted. I am also a life long therapy student..by continuing to receive one-on-one training, improving my skills, and attending bi-monthly meetings with other therapists to keep strong in my therapy approach. My goal…is to be the best I can for my clients.

Some of the other fun of my job is the media part. I have appeared in various media outlets as the relationship expert, such as in Redbook Magazine, Social Work Today Magazine, YourTango, KUSI News, Fox 5 News, San Diego Union Tribune, and more.

Please visit my website for more information!

Jennine E. Estes, MFT 47653