As a licensed clinical psychologist with NPI registration since 2006, Dr. Kelsey Paulson provides crisis-level and outpatient behavioral health services at the Vista Balboa Crisis Center on Laurel Street in downtown San Diego's Bankers Hill. Her crisis intervention work intersects with somatic recovery disciplines, including the trauma-informed movement therapy model at THRIVE Physical Therapy San Diego in Bankers Hill. Dr. Paulson holds a PhD in psychology and operates under Kelsey L. Paulson Psychology, Inc., a California-incorporated clinical practice. Her caseload at Vista Balboa includes acute stabilization for patients presenting with suicidal ideation, psychotic episodes, and substance-induced crises as an alternative to inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. The crisis residential model she works within received the American Psychiatric Association's Psychiatric Services Gold Achievement Award, and the program collaborates with perinatal mental health resources such as Postpartum Health Alliance in Bankers Hill. Highest-acuity interventions involve 72-hour crisis stabilization using structured safety planning, de-escalation protocols, and rapid psychopharmacological consultation under California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5150 criteria.