As a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in health psychology, Dr. Lynn M. Dubenko founded Vita Pondera Wellness in downtown San Diego's Bankers Hill and holds California license PSY22882. Her clinical training at Rady Children's Hospital in pediatric hematology, oncology, and chronic pain management informs a practice that treats conditions where physical and psychological symptoms overlap, paralleling the somatic rehabilitation model at The Physical Therapy Effect in the downtown core. Dr. Dubenko earned her PhD in clinical health psychology from Alliant International University and applies cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, and acceptance-based interventions to chronic pain conditions including migraine, fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome, and irritable bowel syndrome. Her cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation training at Pitt Memorial Hospital in North Carolina adds a cardiopulmonary-behavioral health dimension that few San Diego psychologists carry. Patients with stress-related bruxism and temporomandibular dysfunction benefit from coordinated care between her biofeedback protocols and providers like Bankers Hill Dental on the same corridor. Advanced clinical protocols include heart-rate-variability biofeedback training combined with acceptance and commitment therapy for pain catastrophizing in patients meeting diagnostic criteria for somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain.