Cynde Perry, Counselor

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About

Cynde Perry, LCSW, practices as a clinical social worker through LifeStance Health in Grantville, San Diego, at 6386 Alvarado Court, Suite 210. Perry holds a Master's in Social Work and a second Master's in Leadership of Healthcare Organizations from UC San Diego, a dual credential that informs her clinical approach to workplace stress, organizational dynamics, and occupational burnout. The clinic sits off Alvarado Canyon Road within two miles of SDSU, and Perry structures treatment plans that account for the full medical picture — when clients carry concurrent diagnoses she coordinates care notes with primary care physicians on the Grantville corridor, including Inspire Wellness: Habib Dalhoumi, MD. Her primary treatment modality is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, an evidence-based framework she applies across anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and alcohol and substance use conditions. Perry brings more than 30 years of clinical experience to the 92120 office, with significant early-career work inside California's foster care system treating childhood and family trauma. Her caseload spans adults and older adolescents from 18 through 65-plus, covering later-life transitions and women's health concerns alongside her core trauma work. Perry operates on a telehealth-only model, conducting all sessions virtually through the LifeStance patient portal. The practice is designated LGBTQ+ inclusive and holds transgender safespace recognition. Perry accepts Aetna, Anthem, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Magellan, MHN, Optum, Scripps Health Plan, and Sharp, a panel broad enough to cover most San Diego managed-care networks. Her ACT protocol includes a somatic awareness component addressing how anxiety manifests physically through muscle tension, shallow breathing, and elevated cortisol, and the reformer-based core conditioning at Club Pilates in Grantville targets overlapping physiological patterns. Perry's clinical philosophy centers on psychological flexibility over symptom suppression, training clients to observe distressing thoughts without being governed by them.