Amber Monroe is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist located in La Mesa, CA. She is passionate about helping clients find peace, health, and balance in their lives. Amber received her license in 2010. Throughout her career, she has strategically worked in diverse mental health settings, in order to increase her effectiveness, i.e. teen group homes, foster/adoption agencies, residential eating disorder facilities, psychiatric hospitals, regional centers, crisis houses, and Kaiser psychiatry. In 2017, Amber began her private practice, specializing in trauma, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and codependency. Her approach to therapy combines evidence-based practices, including Eye Movement Reprocessing Desensitization (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Amber believes that many of her clients experience mental health symptoms because of traumatic or negatively impactful events in their lives.