About Rubina Dhani, MFT

Rubina Dhani, M.A. LMFT is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. She provides psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and young adults for variety of patients experiencing anxiety, depression, self-esteem difficulties, abuse, trauma, grief and loss, relationship issues, PTSD, personal injury, emotional distress, life phases, cultural issues, and school related concerns. Rubina is also very passionate about working with multicultural population of children, adolescents and families around San Diego.

Rubina earned Bachelor of Science at Cal State Northridge University and Master of Arts of Psychology from Phillips Graduate Institute. Rubina has more than 9 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and families. Rubina has worked in a variety of settings including schools, outpatient clinics, and community mental health agencies around Los Angeles & San Diego, thereby giving her a wealth of experience in aiding clients from all walks of life achieve their goals. Her area of specialty is working with adolescents, young adults and cultural issues/struggles.

Rubina is trained in EMDR- (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) Part 1 & 2; Certified in evidenced based practices: MAP –(Managing & Adapting Practices), Certified in (ICARE) –( Assessment of young children using the infancy, childhood & relationship enrichment initial intake assessment tool) and utilizes many different therapeutic approaches such as CBT and Solution Focused therapy.

Rubina is friendly, empathetic with a compassionate approachable demeanor. Rubina is dedicated to providing a nurturing and safe environment and working with individuals to develop customized treatment plans to improve their quality of life.