Individual, Marriage, and Family Therapist
“One of my guiding quotes is from therapist great, Carl Rogers. Carl said, ‘The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.‘ It can be a great struggle to accept ourselves just as we are. It is my personal mission to assist others toward this acceptance and beyond.”
– Cynthia Bonnycastle
Cynthia Bonnycastle is an Individual, Marriage, & Family Therapist with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. As such, she counsels individuals, couples, and families to change and grow, and has spent well over 3,000 hours counseling clients in outpatient clinics. In these clinics, she worked with a range of lower income, multi-cultural populations .
Plus, Cynthia offers individual, couples, and family therapy in Huntington Beach, and her experience includes facilitating therapeutic groups for incarcerated youth & pregnant teens. She also offers support groups for women and men.
By using multiple approaches including mindfulness, client-centered, and cognitive-behavioral, Cynthia helps clients look at themselves and their lives in a more effective way. As a result, they learn healthy coping and emotional management strategies.
Furthermore, she guides clients toward awareness and self-acceptance. This enables a person to build inner strength and deal better with life’s difficulties. Those seeking help are discouraged and need skills and understanding.
In addition to her Marriage & Family Therapist experience, she worked as a school counselor for over 20 years. In that role, she counseled adults, parents, and teens. School counseling duties included crisis intervention, behavior management, and grief counseling. Also, she acted as case manager for students with disabilities and for students receiving county assistance. Click here for services. Click here for answers to questions. Click here to contact me.