Mission Viejo & Ladera Ranch Therapy Services Children, Teens, Adults / Individual and Family
The best is yet to come.


 

KAREN RIPPY, Ph.D., LMFT
 

(949) 395-7032
karen.rippy@cox.net


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Individual, Couple, Child & Family Therapist
License MFC17775 (since 1982)

Licensed Spiritual Practitioner
United Centers For Spiritual Living  (since 2009)

National Board of Addiction Examiners
Cert #4906 (awarded 9/96)

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    26441 Crown Valley Pkwy #101, Mission Viejo 92691                     Phone / Internet Sessions Available

Mission Viejo-Ladera Ranch Family and Child Therapy
  • Therapy With Spirit!
  • Licensed Psychotherapist / Licensed Spiritual Practitioner
  • Need Parenting Help?
  • Your Therapy Experience-Questions Answered
  • Couples/Marriage Counseling
  • Appointment Request
  • Office Location & Phone Consultations
  • First Visit Forms
  • Infidelity, Betrayal of Trust, Sex Addiction
  • Child and Teen Therapy Program
  • StepFamilies, Blending Famiy Tips
  • Licensed Spiritual Counseling
  • Sex and Love Addiction
  • Group: Visioning for Personal Transformation

·      Individual, Couple, Child and Therapist (LMFT)

·      Licensed Spiritual Practitioner  (RScP)

·      Board Certified Doctoral Addictions Counselor (DAC):

·      Nationally Recognized Marriage-Friendly Therapist


 


 My experience might be especially useful for individuals and couples experiencing major life transitions, high intensity issues, spiritual matters, modern addictions, chronic pain and illness, ADD (child ADD and adult ADD), and all family-related challenges.

 

 

 


Specifically, my focus areas include:  Spiritual Deepening and Life Visioning / Parenting & Blending Families / Commitment Resolution -"To Stay or Leave?" / Affair Repair / ADD: Adult & Child / Anger, Stress and Anxiety Management / Child Sexual Abuse /  Victims of Crime / Alzheimer’s in our Family / Trauma, Grief & Life Transitions  

 

 

 

 I work with people as they journey through their lifespan.  My educational background is superior and diverse.  For example, I have 30 years of applied experience teaming with individuals, families, couples, teens and children.  I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, earned a PhD in clinical psychology, and also have a licensed as a spiritual practitioner.  I understand spiritual principles and laws

  I am recognized as a national “marriage friendly therapist” - If your relationship is on the brink of separation or divorce let me discuss my Commitment Clarifying Relationship Program.  Briefly, this is a short-term treatment to make the highest and best judgment (discernment) on whether to deepen your commitment with your partner or to find a way to separate in a healthy manner.

I am a member of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists www.camft.com; Victim Witness Program Resource; www.csp.org; trained as a Disaster Mental Health Worker through American Red Cross.  Child sexual abuse is in the news and is coming out of the closet!  I am highly trained in this delicate matter (see

 

 

www.TAALK.org).  I provide assistance for ADD children and adults.  Did you know there are six different types of ADD, each requiring a different treatment?

  I study world religions and rituals and am licensed as a spiritual practitioner through the United Centers For Spiritual Living.  I recognize our spiritually nature and inherent creative talents.  Affairs of the heart-unlike those of a logical kind-are based in our spiritual center.  Here is a great tip:  The next time you feel overwhelmed with anxiety and fear, shift yourself out of that space and into the heart space by finding just a few things for which you are grateful. "Gratitude Shifts Attitude."


My children and teen approach merges individual counseling with lots of communication with parents and often other family members to create a positive tone to discipline and a sense of working together.  Teens and kids learn their own variety of stress reduction, cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to quiet the mind.  We interact in my office in a casual way. 

I hope that helps you make a decision on whether to call or email me to discuss your situation.  

Thank you for your time!

 

 

 

 

 

 
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