Brenda Gomez, PsyD in Encinitas holds California clinical psychology license PSY31708 and practices individual psychotherapy and psychological evaluation from 355 Santa Fe Drive. The practice operates within The Halliday Center, a women-owned group therapy center, and coordinates primary care referrals for medication management through providers such as Chari Center of Health. Clinical focus areas include anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, life transitions, and personality assessment, addressed through an eclectic framework combining cognitive behavioral therapy, humanistic approaches, and psychodynamic techniques. The PsyD from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (2018) included training in neurodevelopmental evaluation and cognitive-change assessment — diagnostic work that sometimes pairs with the somatic modalities at Encinitas Acupuncture and Massage for clients addressing both psychological and physiological stress. Highest-complexity evaluations involve full neuropsychological test batteries measuring cognitive processing speed, executive function, and personality structure to differentiate between overlapping mood, anxiety, and neurodevelopmental presentations.