Cyril Balce, Counselor

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About

Grantville's LifeStance Health office at 6386 Alvarado Court, Suite 210, San Diego, houses marriage and family therapist Cyril Balce, who holds California LMFT License #28048. Balce earned her Bachelor's in Psychology from San Diego State University and completed both a Master's and a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology at Argosy University in San Diego, grounding her clinical framework in the same academic corridor that SDSU anchors on the east side of the city. She treats patients starting at age three, one of the youngest intake thresholds among therapists in the 92120 ZIP. Chronic pain and stress-related musculoskeletal conditions often intersect with the anxiety and trauma cases Balce manages, and chiropractic providers on the same Grantville corridor such as DC Doctors: Chiropractic Wellness Center - Dr. Andrea Dorris, DC address the somatic side of those presentations. Balce carries clinical experience across depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia. Her dual-diagnosis training covers clients presenting with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, and her caseload includes military personnel, children and teens, adults, couples, and families. Balce's foster care and trauma specialization draws referrals from San Diego County child welfare programs, where she works with youth aging through the system and the families navigating reunification or adoption. The practice is designated LGBTQ+ inclusive, and the LifeStance office carries transgender safespace recognition. When medication management complements therapy, prescriptions filled at Alvarado Compounding & Retail Pharmacy in Allied Gardens offer compounded formulations that standard chain pharmacies do not stock. Balce accepts Aetna, Anthem, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Magellan, MHN, Optum, Scripps Health Plan, and Sharp, and schedules both in-person and telehealth sessions through the LifeStance portal.