Expert Therapy For People Who Expect Results.
Expert counseling and therapists serving Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista, Leucadia, La Costa, Encinitas, and San Diego County.
Common Reasons Adults Seek Therapy in Carlsbad
Therapy can help you feel more in control of your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Whether you’re managing stress, anxiety, grief, or navigating long-standing issues from your past, we’re here to help you grow through it—not just get through it.
You might benefit from therapy if you’re experiencing:
There is hope. You don’t have to live in survival mode. With the right support, it’s possible to feel grounded, connected, and free.
Take the first step towards a healthier and happier life. Share your concerns with us and let's embark on a journey of growth and healing together. Schedule a free consultation today.
Is Individual Therapy Right for You?
Individual adult therapy supports personal growth and healing by addressing core emotional and behavioral challenges. If your internal experience is impacting your relationships, health, or sense of purpose, therapy can help you reconnect with your best self.
Signs you may benefit from individual therapy:
Therapy provides tools to help you:
When you’re ready, therapy can meet you where you are—and take you where you want to go.
Client Success Stories
Why Clients Choose New Growth Counseling in Carlsbad
Our Carlsbad therapists specialize in evidence-based therapy for adults seeking emotional clarity, inner healing, and lasting growth. We’re not a volume-based practice—we’re a quality-based one.
What sets us apart:
Clients tell us they finally feel understood. They finally feel seen. And they finally feel hope.
How Our Carlsbad Therapists Help You Heal and Grow
Our approach begins with understanding your unique history, needs, and goals. We then collaborate on a treatment plan using therapies tailored to your growth—whether that’s EMDR for trauma, IFS for deep emotional work, or mindfulness for stress.
Here’s what therapy may involve:
We’re not here to keep you in therapy forever. We’re here to help you move forward faster—and stronger.
Our Team
Our team is dedicated to providing you with the help you need with the results you desire. With a combined many decades of experience in counseling and therapy, our team aims to partner with you towards a better future.
Jussi Light
Licensed MFT
Bryson Greaves
Licensed MFT
Iliana Arick-Harvey
Licensed MFT
We Are Board, Licensed Therapists & Associates
Frequently Asked Questions
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your mental health care may cost. Since we do not accept insurance, New Growth is required to provide an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services. You can ask your New Growth therapist for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service.
It is not possible for a psychotherapist to know, in advance, how many psychotherapy sessions may be necessary or appropriate for a given person, relationship issue, or diagnosis. Psychotherapy is talk-therapy and involves an ongoing conversation that involves the participation of one or more people for the sake of achieving a goal or goals. In relationship counseling (couples or parent-child), it is impossible for a therapist to know each person’s motivation to creating change—people in distress often feel uncertain about how they wish to proceed at times and their ambivalence affects the length of therapy. Since the therapist relies on people’s motivation and follow-through as necessary components to achieving treatment goals, the therapist cannot predict how long therapy will take. The same is true for individual counseling which often involves inner conflicts that pull a person in more than one direction at once. The therapist cannot make choices for an individual, and so relies on that individual’s free will to achieve an outcome—the therapist cannot predict how long that will take.
While the “No Surprises Act” requires a good faith estimate, the above discussion illustrates how difficult that is to provide. However, all of our therapists reveal their hourly fee before therapy begins. Your total cost of services will depend upon the number of psychotherapy sessions you attend, your individual circumstances, and the type and amount of services that are provided to you. This estimate is not a contract and does not obligate you to obtain any services from the provider(s), nor does it include any services rendered to you that are not identified here.
Good Faith Estimates are not intended to serve as a recommendation for treatment or a prediction that you may need to attend a specified number of psychotherapy visits. The number of visits that are appropriate in your case, and the estimated cost for those services, depends on your needs and what you agree to in consultation with your therapist. You are entitled to disagree with any recommendations made to you concerning your treatment and you may discontinue treatment at any time.
If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, please visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.
Can I use my insurance?
New Growth is out-of-network and does not accept insurance.
PPO plans allow you to go out-of-network and will reimburse according to your plan.