Medication Management Therapists in Escondido, CA
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Wenonah is a licensed therapist at Bonmente, a full-service mental health clinic that offers online appointments, accepts insurance (Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross, Cigna, United, and more), and has same-week appointments available. She has several years of experience working with children, adolescents and adults, and she specializes in helping students and young adults manage anxiety, depression and ADHD. Wenonah utilizes evidence-based practices and maintains a trauma-informed, warm, and collaborative approach in her clinical work.
Wenonah is a licensed therapist at Bonmente, a full-service mental health clinic that offers online appointments, accepts insurance (Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross, Cigna, United, and more), and has same-week appointments available. She has several years of experience working with children, adolescents and adults, and she specializes in helping students and young adults manage anxiety, depression and ADHD. Wenonah utilizes evidence-based practices and maintains a trauma-informed, warm, and collaborative approach in her clinical work.
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I combine thoughtful medication management with supportive, evidence-based strategies, psychoeducation, and practical coping skills to help clients build resilience and create meaningful progress.
I am a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) with 10 years of experience supporting adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar disorder, and substance use concerns. Many of the individuals I work with feel overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about their next steps and are seeking emotional stability, symptom relief, and greater self-understanding.
I combine thoughtful medication management with supportive, evidence-based strategies, psychoeducation, and practical coping skills to help clients build resilience and create meaningful progress.
I am a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) with 10 years of experience supporting adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar disorder, and substance use concerns. Many of the individuals I work with feel overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about their next steps and are seeking emotional stability, symptom relief, and greater self-understanding.
Specializes in Military families, couples therapy and those suffering from grief, anxiety, depression and substance abuse.
Specializes in Military families, couples therapy and those suffering from grief, anxiety, depression and substance abuse.
Our dedicated team of clinicians is committed to delivering the highest quality mental health care to support you on your unique journey. We offer in-person sessions at our Temecula office or the convenience of virtual care from the comfort of your own space. Our goal is to ensure you can begin your wellness journey with ease.
Our dedicated team of clinicians is committed to delivering the highest quality mental health care to support you on your unique journey. We offer in-person sessions at our Temecula office or the convenience of virtual care from the comfort of your own space. Our goal is to ensure you can begin your wellness journey with ease.
I specialize in diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions in adults. My role within the mental health team consists primarily of medication management. I received my medical training at UC San Francisco and completed psychiatric residency at UC San Diego. I have lived most of my life in the Bay Area and the Central Coast of California, and I am now very happy to call San Diego my home.
I specialize in diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions in adults. My role within the mental health team consists primarily of medication management. I received my medical training at UC San Francisco and completed psychiatric residency at UC San Diego. I have lived most of my life in the Bay Area and the Central Coast of California, and I am now very happy to call San Diego my home.
John How, specializing in interventional treatments like Spravato (esketamine), TMS, ketamine-assisted therapy, stellate ganglion blocks (SGB), medication management, integration therapy & more.
At Stella Mental Health, our treatments are effective and powerful, allowing people to feel better faster with long-lasting relief: 74% of patients report improvement in anxiety, 86% of Spravato patients report improvement in suicidal ideation, 82% of ketamine infusion patients report improvement in depression.
John How, specializing in interventional treatments like Spravato (esketamine), TMS, ketamine-assisted therapy, stellate ganglion blocks (SGB), medication management, integration therapy & more.
At Stella Mental Health, our treatments are effective and powerful, allowing people to feel better faster with long-lasting relief: 74% of patients report improvement in anxiety, 86% of Spravato patients report improvement in suicidal ideation, 82% of ketamine infusion patients report improvement in depression.
Making your first appointment can be one of the most challenging steps in your mental health journey. At LifeStance, we make it simple by offering both online and in-person therapy and psychiatry services, covered by major insurance plans.
Making your first appointment can be one of the most challenging steps in your mental health journey. At LifeStance, we make it simple by offering both online and in-person therapy and psychiatry services, covered by major insurance plans.
Are you feeling emotionally exhausted, overwhelmed, or disconnected—even though you appear to be functioning well on the outside? You may be navigating anxiety, burnout, grief, trauma, or a life transition that has left you feeling stuck or unsure of yourself. Therapy can offer a supportive space to slow down, make sense of what you’re experiencing, and begin healing in a way that feels sustainable and grounded.
Are you feeling emotionally exhausted, overwhelmed, or disconnected—even though you appear to be functioning well on the outside? You may be navigating anxiety, burnout, grief, trauma, or a life transition that has left you feeling stuck or unsure of yourself. Therapy can offer a supportive space to slow down, make sense of what you’re experiencing, and begin healing in a way that feels sustainable and grounded.
If you grew up around addiction—or find yourself repeating those patterns—you may feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself and others. I help individuals and families break these cycles, heal from trauma, and rebuild stability, self-trust, and emotional balance. I work with children, young adults, and families navigating addiction’s impact, including anxiety, emotional reactivity, boundary challenges, and relationship patterns that feel hard to change.
If you grew up around addiction—or find yourself repeating those patterns—you may feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself and others. I help individuals and families break these cycles, heal from trauma, and rebuild stability, self-trust, and emotional balance. I work with children, young adults, and families navigating addiction’s impact, including anxiety, emotional reactivity, boundary challenges, and relationship patterns that feel hard to change.
I use a holistic approach to medication management, ensuring treatment is personalized and integrative.
Life with mood disorders, anxiety, or ADHD can feel overwhelming, leaving you drained, unfocused, and emotionally exhausted. You might struggle with racing thoughts, difficulty concentrating, or a persistent sense of unease. My goal is to help you regain control by offering a tailored and supportive approach. Together, we can work toward finding balance and peace in your daily life.
I use a holistic approach to medication management, ensuring treatment is personalized and integrative.
Life with mood disorders, anxiety, or ADHD can feel overwhelming, leaving you drained, unfocused, and emotionally exhausted. You might struggle with racing thoughts, difficulty concentrating, or a persistent sense of unease. My goal is to help you regain control by offering a tailored and supportive approach. Together, we can work toward finding balance and peace in your daily life.
I work with clients who have tried the usual routes and still feel like something's missing. They're often neurodivergent, queer, ENM, or figuring out their identity later than the world told them they should have. Many are first-gen or BIPOC, people who grew up without access to this kind of support and aren't sure they deserve it now. What brings them here is usually exhaustion: from masking, from not fitting, from managing a life that wasn't really designed for them. That's where occupational therapy shines! Instead of helping you fit the mold, we redesign the mold.
I work with clients who have tried the usual routes and still feel like something's missing. They're often neurodivergent, queer, ENM, or figuring out their identity later than the world told them they should have. Many are first-gen or BIPOC, people who grew up without access to this kind of support and aren't sure they deserve it now. What brings them here is usually exhaustion: from masking, from not fitting, from managing a life that wasn't really designed for them. That's where occupational therapy shines! Instead of helping you fit the mold, we redesign the mold.
With five years of clinical experience, I’ve come to see therapy as a collaborative process of building safety, understanding, and real, lasting change. I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy—approaches that allow me to help clients not only shift unhelpful thought and behavior patterns but also gently process and resolve traumatic memories at their source.
With five years of clinical experience, I’ve come to see therapy as a collaborative process of building safety, understanding, and real, lasting change. I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy—approaches that allow me to help clients not only shift unhelpful thought and behavior patterns but also gently process and resolve traumatic memories at their source.
Michele La Porte Downey
Marriage & Family Therapist, RN, MAC, LMFT, Master, Life
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the complex cycle of mood disorders or addiction within your family? My practice is a creative sanctuary designed for those who need a roadmap through the healthcare maze to find the best possible care for themselves or their loved ones. Using a solution-oriented, 12-step based approach, I specialize in unique, intervention-based programs tailored to your family's specific needs and budget. Whether through my recovery groups or individual, couples, and marriage therapy, we will work together to restore balance and hope.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the complex cycle of mood disorders or addiction within your family? My practice is a creative sanctuary designed for those who need a roadmap through the healthcare maze to find the best possible care for themselves or their loved ones. Using a solution-oriented, 12-step based approach, I specialize in unique, intervention-based programs tailored to your family's specific needs and budget. Whether through my recovery groups or individual, couples, and marriage therapy, we will work together to restore balance and hope.
Over the past two decades, I have predominantly worked with trauma survivors (combat and or non combat), chronic mental illness, victims of crimes, domestic violence, and sexual assault. I have worked on the front lines and one of my passions is to support our first responders who are serving our community diligently 24/7. Depth psychology often includes a “mutual journey into the underworld.” The benefit of this journey is that we can learn to experience the darkness as well as the light, simultaneously, and by doing so enjoy a more peaceful life in the midst of ongoing challenges and opportunities.
Over the past two decades, I have predominantly worked with trauma survivors (combat and or non combat), chronic mental illness, victims of crimes, domestic violence, and sexual assault. I have worked on the front lines and one of my passions is to support our first responders who are serving our community diligently 24/7. Depth psychology often includes a “mutual journey into the underworld.” The benefit of this journey is that we can learn to experience the darkness as well as the light, simultaneously, and by doing so enjoy a more peaceful life in the midst of ongoing challenges and opportunities.
Speak your heart, live your truth! Are you feeling overwhelmed with the direction of your life? Is your job not emotionally or financially satisfying? Do you find yourself having difficult, short-lived relationships, or worse - none at all? Is depression and/or anxiety wearing you down?
It is my experience that our difficulties and problems are primarily determined by reactions to how we think and feel. I can help you understand how your thoughts and feelings prevent you from getting what you want, and then help you find ways of creating more success in the areas you desire to change.
Speak your heart, live your truth! Are you feeling overwhelmed with the direction of your life? Is your job not emotionally or financially satisfying? Do you find yourself having difficult, short-lived relationships, or worse - none at all? Is depression and/or anxiety wearing you down?
It is my experience that our difficulties and problems are primarily determined by reactions to how we think and feel. I can help you understand how your thoughts and feelings prevent you from getting what you want, and then help you find ways of creating more success in the areas you desire to change.
I help children, teens, adults, and families in North San Diego County manage intense emotions, anxiety, and conflict. Life can feel overwhelming when emotions affect home, school, work, and relationships. Using practical DBT skills, I help your child, teen, or young adult feel calmer, more confident, and better able to navigate challenges. I offer a supportive space for families and young adults to understand what’s happening beneath the surface and learn tools that create real, lasting change at home and in daily life.
I help children, teens, adults, and families in North San Diego County manage intense emotions, anxiety, and conflict. Life can feel overwhelming when emotions affect home, school, work, and relationships. Using practical DBT skills, I help your child, teen, or young adult feel calmer, more confident, and better able to navigate challenges. I offer a supportive space for families and young adults to understand what’s happening beneath the surface and learn tools that create real, lasting change at home and in daily life.
I help teens and adults build the mindset and emotional skills needed to thrive. My clients are often motivated, high-achieving individuals who want to increase confidence, strengthen emotional regulation, improve resilience, and perform at their best—in school, sports, work, and relationships. Together, we develop practical strategies that foster self-awareness, mental strength, and a solid sense of self, empowering you to face challenges with confidence and create a life that feels meaningful and authentic.
I help teens and adults build the mindset and emotional skills needed to thrive. My clients are often motivated, high-achieving individuals who want to increase confidence, strengthen emotional regulation, improve resilience, and perform at their best—in school, sports, work, and relationships. Together, we develop practical strategies that foster self-awareness, mental strength, and a solid sense of self, empowering you to face challenges with confidence and create a life that feels meaningful and authentic.
If you are having trouble sleeping or emotionally managing life’s stressors or even your children’s challenging emotions and behaviors, we would like to help you and yours return to healthy functioning. We treat patients struggling with depression, anxiety (COVID and otherwise), inattention, impulsivity, pain, concussion, bereavement, relationships, obsessive-compulsive, and autism spectrum behaviors. Our past trainings were spent every day helping adults, couples, and children achieve better sleep and mental health, we are passionate about this work and would love to share our skills with you and yours.
If you are having trouble sleeping or emotionally managing life’s stressors or even your children’s challenging emotions and behaviors, we would like to help you and yours return to healthy functioning. We treat patients struggling with depression, anxiety (COVID and otherwise), inattention, impulsivity, pain, concussion, bereavement, relationships, obsessive-compulsive, and autism spectrum behaviors. Our past trainings were spent every day helping adults, couples, and children achieve better sleep and mental health, we are passionate about this work and would love to share our skills with you and yours.
Are you struggling to work through personal or relationship issues you've been unable to resolve on your own? Are you finally feeling ready to address the anxiety and/or depression that has been holding you back from life? There is no reason to feel alone or stuck; it is possible to work through these issues, and to feel happy again. I have experienced much success helping my clients resolve their issues, while creating a nurturing and safe environment. I incorporate humor and friendship in my practice and have found this helpful in furthering the progress and positive therapeutic experience.
Are you struggling to work through personal or relationship issues you've been unable to resolve on your own? Are you finally feeling ready to address the anxiety and/or depression that has been holding you back from life? There is no reason to feel alone or stuck; it is possible to work through these issues, and to feel happy again. I have experienced much success helping my clients resolve their issues, while creating a nurturing and safe environment. I incorporate humor and friendship in my practice and have found this helpful in furthering the progress and positive therapeutic experience.
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Medication Management Therapists
What are the most effective ways to manage medications?
One of the most effective ways a patient can manage their medications is to keep a list of each drug and dosage they take. Such a list can be helpful in keeping to their schedule and can also be something they bring to their psychiatrist or other physician so that the healthcare provider has a clear picture of what they’re taking and in what quantity. Using a pill organizer can be useful for memory and organization. Patients should discuss their medications and their effects at every appointment.
What are the risks if medications are not managed properly?
A suboptimal approach to medication management can lead to potentially harmful health outcomes. Most psychiatric drugs have side effects, and if a patient is not aware of them, they may seek additional medical help or over the counter or prescription drugs to treat the side effects, which may have its own side effects, a process called “prescription cascade.” Another risk to disorganization is that a psychiatrist without full knowledge of a patient’s regimen could prescribe a medication that should not be mixed with a patient’s existing drugs.
What’s the best way to encourage someone to get help managing their medications?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing medication management as a tool for improving their life and avoiding dangerous side effects. Offering specific examples of an individual’s failure to properly manage their medication regimen should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to break management down into parts, and there are several apps that can be used to organize which drugs are ingested, when they need to be refilled, and how they should be stored.
Are there natural treatments that can replace medications?
While there are many medications that can be vital to mental health, there are some natural lifestyle changes that can help reduce the need for drugs. Regular exercise, good sleep habits, a healthy diet, and therapy can all go a long way in symptom relief. Psychiatric medications typically treat symptoms but do not necessarily treat the cause of the condition. Many clinicians consider medications an adjunct to treatment rather than a treatment in and of itself.