You’ve wish someone would care for you the way you’ve cared for others.

What is getting in the way of receiving that care?

You’re here because chronic stress is impacting every part of your life.

We live in a system that uplifts the hustle. We live in families that deny feelings. It’s hard to understand what you’re feeling because you are feeling everything and nothing all at once. Your relationships to others is starting to mimic your relationship to your body and mind: strained. You landed here because you are looking for a place you can feel everything deeply and access emotions again.

Callista, a white nonbinary person with glasses, green eyes, and brown wavy hair is looking into the camera and purple flowers are in the background.

Hi! I’m Callista (they/them)

I believe relational therapy is the key to change.

This means that no matter the modality or technical definition or diagnosis, what is most important is how you feel about the relationship between you and I. Therapeutic attunement, or the feeling of understanding and empathy between us can significantly impact therapy. Change often happens when we can make sense of things together, through a supportive, understanding relationship.

Safe relationships are a place to ask for change, for accountability, to set limits, and to connect. We might experience ruptures or emotional stress within the therapeutic relationship, just as we do in every other relationship. Know that this is common, and provides a place to heal. I will not abandon you, yell at you, or criticize you. We will work together to repair, a practice that we are not often taught how to do.

Not only is the therapeutic relationship important, but the ways you then take what we talk about out into your own relationships. You do not exist in a vacuum - the family and community you grew up in often shapes the way you continue to interact with others. As your therapist, I will encourage you to practice what we do in session with your chosen family.

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I work with clients who hold these identities:

2SLGBTQIA+

Disabled
Neurodivergent
Age 14-100

And may be experiencing these kinds of stress:

identity stress

traumatic stress
relational stress

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Callista

Cox,

FT

they/them

AM

California Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist 141253
Supervised by Kristen Crowe, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor 5451
Associate Therapist at Stillpoint Therapy Collective
Training under Kristen Crowe, LPCC 5451 & Ellen Ottman, LMFT
Associate Therapist at San Diego Center for the Blind
Trained under Kristen Crowe, LPCC 5451 & Linda O’Connor, LCSW
Associate Therapist & Traineeship at Kickstart Program
Trained under Michael Garrett, LMFT
M.A in Marital & Family Therapy
University of San Diego
B.S in Psychology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists - Queer and Trans Advocacy Network
Yale Prime Clinic Certified SIPS Assessor - Structural Interview for Psychosis Risk Syndromes
I am queer, nonbinary, and white. I have lived experience in trauma (CPTSD & PTSD), neurodivergence (ADHD & OCD) and disability (Chronic Migraine & Sleep Disorder). That doesn’t mean I’m an expert in your experience, but in my own. I have experience receiving long term therapy, mental health treatment, taking meds, and being hospitalized, which informs the work I do as a therapist.