Holly Bates, LCSW holds a master's degree in social work and provides evidence-based psychotherapy in Chula Vista through the LifeStance Health clinic at 2300 Boswell Road, Suite 275 in the Eastlake area. The practice's treatment model integrates Gottman Method couples therapy with psychiatric medication management available through on-site prescribers at LifeStance, a coordination pathway that mirrors the combined therapy-and-psychiatry approach at KMG Psychiatry on Third Avenue. Advanced trained under John and Julie Gottman, Bates applies the Sound Relationship House framework to couples work while using cognitive-behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and exposure-response prevention for individual anxiety, OCD, and PTSD cases. Her clinical background includes directing an intensive outpatient program for adolescents with personality-disorder symptoms, crisis presentations, and trauma histories. Patients managing comorbid musculoskeletal tension alongside anxiety or trauma treatment coordinate somatic care with Ignite Chiropractic, which addresses the spinal and postural components of chronic stress-related pain. Treatment protocols deploy the PHQ-9 for depression tracking, the GAD-7 for anxiety severity, and the PCL-5 for PTSD symptom monitoring across structured eight-to-sixteen-session CBT modules.