Melissa Brownback

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPC 4726
MBrownback@journeyscounseling.com
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Melissa is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. She is a recent Southern California transplant from the Chicago suburbs, where she practiced as a Licensed Counselor since 2010. Melissa has experience working with adults, adolescents, couples, and families experiencing anxiety, depression, adjustment difficulties, relational conflict, faith crisis, and clients with a history of sexual abuse and trauma. 

Melissa has over 10 years of combined professional and volunteer experience with teens and provides a highly relational, mentor-counselor relationship for teenage clients navigating the ups and downs of life. She is passionate about helping her clients discover how the wounds and pain of their stories provide an opportunity for healing. Melissa has also received training in conflict coaching and mediation, and offers an intensive counseling format to couples and families in crisis.

Steve Cuffari, MA

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, LMFT 44845
scuffari@journeyscounseling.com
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Since the year 2000, Steve's clinical experience has been focused on strengthening the emotional bonds of couples and families. He is the founder of In Touch Parenting, a company devoted to helping today’s busy parents calm the chaos, raise emotionally intelligent kids, and nurture families that thrive.

Using his rich humor, insightful stories, and experiential exercises Steve will help you stay connected with your kids. His parenting advice have been featured twice on TBN's show, "Joy in Our Town" and is accessble via his blog and live parenting seminars.

He holds an MA in Religion from Vanguard University and a second MA from Azusa Pacific University in Clinical Psychology. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Vanguard University and an ordained minister. Steve also holds certifications with Prepare and Enrich and the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program.

Courtney Harrell, MS

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, LMFT 53574
charrell@journeyscounseling.com
Extension: 126

Courtney is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Journeys Counseling Ministry and earned her Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology at Vanguard University. She has a Bachelors in psychology from Vanguard, as well as a minor in music.

Courtney has experience working with individuals (women and men), couples, teens, and children at Journeys since 2007.  Courtney's history includes working with teens as a mentor at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, experience working at College Hospital Costa Mesa with acute psychiatric patients 2010-2015, and work with trauma (EMDR) since 2015. She is also a certified EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapist.  She has experience with depression, anxiety, trauma issues, childhood attachment work, grief and loss, sexuality, transitions and relational issues. Courtney has a desire to see individuals and families experience restoration and reconciliation within themselves and their relationships. It's her hope to be one step in the journey towards change and life lived to the fullest.

Rachel Mitchell

Trainee
Marriage Family Therapist Trainee
Supervised by Tim Sandstrom, LMFT 47858
Supervised by Tim Sandstrom, LMFT 47858 <br> RMitchell@journeyscounseling.com
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Megen Phillips, MA, MS

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT 106058
mphillips@journeyscounseling.com
Extension: 106

Megen is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist at Journeys. She completed her MS in Clinical Psychology at Vanguard University in May 2012. Megen also has an MA in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from the Institute for Spiritual Formation at Biola University and Talbot Theological Seminary. As such, in addition to being an LMFT she has been a practicing spiritual director since 2007 working with individuals and groups. Prior to her graduate studies, Megen spent over ten years in church ministry, specifically working with youth and children. Megen is passionate about spiritual and psychological integration and desires to help people deepen their knowledge of self and their knowledge of God in the context of relationships. Megen and her husband are the parents of two young daughters.

Kristi Starkey, MA

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, LMFT 52051
kstarkey@journeyscounseling.com
Extension: 129

Kristi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She earned her Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Vanguard University. Her experience in the mental health field includes working at an inpatient psychiatric hospital with adults and adolescents in crises. She also has experience working with adults in career/life transition., adolescents, families, couples, and young adults with autism. Kristi began her career at Journeys in January of 2007 and is excited about using her background in business and education, combined with her clinical skills and Christian faith, to help clients find hope and healing.

Chelsea Warn, MA

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, 111283
cwarn@journeyscounseling.com
Extension: 124

Chelsea is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Journeys.  She completed her Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University. She has a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from UCLA and has nearly completed her certification in Play Therapy from UCSD.  She is also a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

Chelsea has clinical experience working with children, teens, young adults and couples.  She is passionate about helping her clients experience relief from depression, discover coping strategies for facing anxiety, and new methods for managing relational distress.