San Carlos psychologist Dr. Chad K. Cox holds California license PSY23320 and practices from 8898 Navajo Road, Suite C, in San Diego's 92119 ZIP. Cox earned his Bachelor's of Science in Psychology from the University of Washington and completed both a Master's of Arts and a Doctor of Psychology degree at Alliant International University's San Diego campus. He brings more than 15 years of clinical experience to private practice, including prior service as Director of Mental Health Services at NaphCare San Diego, where he oversaw psychiatric care delivery at an institutional scale. Physical tension patterns that accompany the anxiety and stress conditions Cox treats respond to the manual therapy and corrective exercise protocols at PhysioFixx Physical Therapy in San Carlos. Cox's primary therapeutic modality is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and he developed the STEB framework — a structured model mapping the relationship between situations, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors — as a clinical teaching tool he uses with most clients. He integrates Existential Therapy, Psychodynamic theory, Behaviorism, and Client-Centered Humanistic approaches depending on case presentation. The Navajo Road office sits near the Cowles Mountain trailhead in San Carlos, and Cox's clinical focus areas include boundary development, stress management, assertiveness training, codependency, depression, anxiety, and relationship dynamics. Cox provides online counseling to California residents, extending his reach beyond the immediate San Carlos and Del Cerro neighborhoods into the broader San Diego metro. His NPI registration (1710123880) is active through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and he accepts appointments for individual therapy focused on measurable cognitive and behavioral change. The integrative health model at Daoist Aesthetics in San Carlos complements Cox's CBT work by addressing the autonomic nervous system regulation that underpins many of the stress and anxiety presentations he treats. Cox's STEB framework gives clients a portable self-assessment tool they use between sessions to identify which cognitive distortion is driving a given behavioral pattern.