Rika Tanaka founded Coronado Psych at 1339 Orange Avenue on Coronado Island after earning a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Arizona State University in 2015 and completing a post-doctoral fellowship in the Behavioral Cardiology Research Unit at Toronto General Hospital, where she served as Co-Director of Clinical Services. The health-psychology specialization treats anxiety, depression, grief, and chronic-illness adjustment in adults and seniors, with exercise-prescription protocols frequently coordinating with island fitness providers such as Coronado Fitness Club when structured physical activity forms part of a behavioral-activation treatment plan for depression. Current service as President-Elect of the San Diego Psychological Association and membership on the Safe Harbor Coronado Programs Committee positions the practice within the region's clinical-governance and community-mental-health infrastructure. Mind-body techniques drawn from the behavioral-cardiology framework extend to stress-reduction referrals with movement-based providers such as Popflow Coronado, where low-impact Pilates and barre sessions support cardiac and post-surgical recovery patients managing co-occurring psychological distress. The cardiac-behavioral protocol addresses health-anxiety cycles, medication-adherence barriers, and lifestyle-modification resistance using motivational interviewing and acceptance-commitment therapy tailored to patients with documented cardiovascular diagnoses.