Steven T. Griggs, Ph.D.

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Steven T. Griggs, Ph.D. in Encinitas holds California psychology license PSY8534 and has been a National Register-credentialed psychologist since 1986, practicing from the Manchester Avenue corridor near San Elijo Lagoon. The practice provides individual psychotherapy and family therapy across the full age spectrum — children as young as three, adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations — with clinical expertise in anxiety, depression, and childhood behavioral and developmental problems that complements the naturopathic family medicine model at Terrain Family Medicine. Steven T. Griggs, Ph.D., A Psychological Corporation accepts TRICARE, Medicare, and Medicaid alongside commercial plans including Anthem BlueCross, BlueShield, and Managed Health Network, broadening access to psychological services for military families and underserved populations in the Encinitas area. Multilingual clinical services include Amharic-language capacity, expanding access beyond English-speaking populations in North County San Diego. That broad-access, multilingual orientation toward community mental health aligns with the integrative wellness approach at Lively - Bioenergetic Healing, where nutritional and energetic assessment complements conventional behavioral health treatment. Most complex cases involve multi-generational family therapy engagements integrating individual child assessment, parent-child interaction analysis, and structured family systems intervention across developmental and cultural contexts.