Samuel A. Newman holds California LMFT license MFC25066 at his Chula Vista practice in the Eastlake district, having graduated from the Professional School of Psychological Studies in 1986. His integrative methodology blends CBT, Gestalt, existential, and transpersonal techniques with 12-step program frameworks — a combination especially suited to dual-diagnosis clients managing substance abuse alongside mood disorders, conditions that benefit from complementary stress-reduction modalities such as the acupuncture protocols at Urban Sage Acupuncture + Wellness. Since 1986, his clinical caseload has encompassed individual, couples, and family work spanning PTSD, codependency, pre-marital counseling, anxiety, and depression. The Northshore Drive office in the Eastlake area of Chula Vista serves families east of I-805 near Otay Ranch Town Center, one of eastern Chula Vista's primary retail and dining destinations. Family-based recovery plans often incorporate structured physical activity and community engagement through programs at facilities such as South Bay Family YMCA, where group fitness and youth development offerings support holistic rehabilitation goals. Treatment protocols deploy the humanistic-existential framework to examine meaning-making and existential anxiety, layering transpersonal exploration techniques over structured relapse-prevention planning for clients transitioning out of intensive outpatient substance abuse programs.