Gemma Bernes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Grantville, San Diego, practicing through LifeStance Health's office at 6386 Alvarado Court, Suite 210, in the 92120 ZIP. She provides individual therapy for adolescents through seniors using a trauma-informed, strengths-based framework that draws on CBT, DBT, Trauma-Focused CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Her approach to somatic processing complements the movement-based mental health modalities at Grotto Climbing & Yoga in Grantville, where therapists in the area refer clients for embodied stress regulation through climbing and yoga. Bernes's clinical focus areas include complex trauma and PTSD, borderline personality traits, OCD, eating disorders, adoption and foster care adjustment, and childhood attachment disruption. She brings particular depth to work with LGBTQ+ individuals, neurodiverse clients, and families navigating the foster care and adoption system, combining clinical rigor with affirming, culturally responsive care. When working with adolescents, she integrates expressive modalities including Narrative Therapy, Art Therapy, and Play Therapy to make sessions developmentally accessible. Clients working on trauma recovery through bodywork coordinate between Bernes's therapy sessions and the somatic integration protocols at Kinetic Healing And Life Movement on Mission Gorge Road. Bernes offers both in-person sessions at the Alvarado Court office and telehealth appointments across California, with the Grantville location sitting off the I-8 near Alvarado Canyon Road and the Mission Gorge Road corridor running north toward Mission Trails Regional Park.