Family Therapist
Phil Howard
MA, LMFT
About
Meet Phil
Phil Howard is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Carlsbad, California, with 11 years in practice. He enjoys a varied, diverse caseload and welcomes adults and older adults who want things to change, whatever their circumstances. He works with relationship concerns, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress and bipolar and other mood disorders, as well as men's issues, parenting, sleep problems and body image, and he welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Having worked with many people who felt their lives had slipped out of control, he holds a hopeful view of human resilience. His methods include CBT, ACT, compassion-focused and solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing and strength-based work. Sessions are online.
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How Phil works
Client focus
Who Phil sees
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Fees & insurance
Cost of sessions
Insurance accepted 5
- Insurance notes
- All Savers; Carelon Behavioral Health; Government Employees Health Association (GEHA); Health Plans Inc.; Magellan; Meritain Health; Nippon Life Benefits; Optum; Oscar Health; Quest Behavioral Health; Surest; United Medical Resources (UMR)
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Qualifications
Training & license
- License
- LMFT · CA · LMFT118703
- Experience
- 11 years
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Location & availability
Where to find Phil
Online sessions in CA
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