Bazzetta, Ph.D. James J

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James Bazzetta, PhD practices clinical psychology in Grantville from an office at 6160 Mission Gorge Rd, Unit 120, San Diego, CA 92120, on the commercial section of Mission Gorge Road between Fairmount Avenue and Zion Avenue. The practice provides individual psychotherapy and psychological evaluation for adults, using talk-based and cognitive-behavioral methods to address depression, anxiety, stress, anger, and adjustment disorders. Psychological assessment includes structured diagnostic interviews and standardized testing batteries for mood disorders, personality disorders, and cognitive functioning — producing the clinical documentation that courts, employers, and referring physicians require for disability determinations, fitness-for-duty evaluations, and treatment planning. Age-related hearing loss compounds the social isolation and communication breakdown that drive depression in older adults, and Abbott Hearing Aid Centers in San Carlos provides the audiological evaluation that rules out sensory deficits before attributing withdrawal symptoms to a primary mood disorder. The Mission Gorge Road corridor anchors a healthcare cluster in the 92120 ZIP that includes dialysis centers, chiropractic offices, and primary care clinics, placing psychology within a multi-specialty ecosystem accessible from the I-8 freeway at Fairmount Avenue. Cognitive-behavioral interventions target the distorted thought patterns that sustain anxiety and depressive episodes, with homework-based exercises between sessions reinforcing the skill acquisition that distinguishes structured therapy from unstructured supportive counseling. The office occupies a ground-floor commercial suite with wheelchair-accessible entry and on-site parking, serving patients from Grantville, Allied Gardens, and the eastern edge of the College Area corridor. Somatic complaints tied to psychological stress — tension headaches, TMJ dysfunction, and chronic low-back pain without structural pathology — often resolve when the underlying anxiety or depression responds to treatment, and musculoskeletal evaluation at WellKneaded Chiropractic in San Carlos differentiates structural from psychogenic contributors. Appointments are scheduled by phone, with intake evaluations typically running 60 to 90 minutes to establish the diagnostic baseline and treatment objectives that guide subsequent sessions.