ABOUT US
Dr. Stamatia Daroglou
Dr. Daroglou is a licensed clinical psychologist based in San Diego County, offering psychodynamically informed psychotherapy to adults and couples. She is the founder of SDPsychology, a practice committed to delivering thoughtful, evidence-based mental health care across the lifespan. Dr. Daroglou maintains offices in La Jolla and Encinitas, and provides both in-person and Telehealth services to accommodate a wide range of client needs.
Fluent in English, German, and Greek, Dr. Daroglou brings a trilingual and multicultural perspective to her work, allowing her to serve individuals from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds with depth and sensitivity.
With 30 years of experience in the mental health field, Dr. Daroglou has cultivated a clinical approach rooted in compassion, insight, and psychological depth. She has a particular interest in working with cancer patients, healthcare professionals, and older adults, offering tailored support for the complex emotional challenges these populations often face. Her areas of focus include trauma and PTSD, chronic illness, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, life transitions, and professional burnout.
Dr. Daroglou earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego (2003), after completing an M.S. in Psychology with a specialization in Psychometrics (1998) and a B.A. in Psychology (1996) from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. She further enhanced her clinical training by completing a Certificate in Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute in 2009.
Over the course of her career, Dr. Daroglou has conducted forensic psychological evaluations for courts and correctional systems in two states, specializing in risk and threat assessments, treatment planning, and community reentry evaluations. She also served as a Behavioral Health Consultant for the U.S. Navy, providing psychological care to patients at the Naval Hospital coping with the emotional impacts of physical illness.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Daroglou has taught graduate-level courses, supervised clinicians in training, and led workshops for healthcare and mental health professionals. Her trainings have addressed topics such as effective communication, time management, suicide prevention, and managing forensic populations in hospital settings. She has presented at conferences and published in areas including personality assessment, cross-cultural psychology, and memory.
Through SDPsychology, Dr. Daroglou continues to provide high-quality, individualized care informed by decades of experience, cultural understanding, and a deep commitment to her clients' psychological well-being.
Dr. Ivy Kensinger
Dr. Ivy Kensinger is a Psychological Associate practicing under the supervision of Dr. Stamatia
Daroglou. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University
and received advanced clinical training in psychotherapy and psychological assessment, along
with certification in LGBTQ+ Mental Health and Human Services through the Rockway
Institute. She provides individual psychotherapy to people age 16 and older, and relationship
sessions to adults.
Her clinical work includes general psychotherapy and areas of specialization in chronic pain
and chronic illness, grief and loss (including non-death loss and anticipatory grief), major
life transitions, trauma, and issues dealing with intimacy, sex, and relationship diversity,
including various open relationship dynamics. Her approach is affirming, collaborative, and
grounded in respect for each person’s lived experience, identity, and values.
Dr. Kensinger’s primary theoretical orientation is Existential-Integrative. This approach
emphasizes the interplay between universal human experiences and each individual’s unique
meaning-making process. Treatment is tailored to the person’s strengths, values, and current life
circumstances, drawing from multiple evidence-based modalities to foster insight, resilience, and
meaningful change.
She approaches with respect for personal autonomy and lived experience, recognizing the
individual as the expert on their own life. Therapy is a collaborative process focused on
deepening self-understanding, reducing distress, and supporting each person in living with
greater alignment to their values and sense of purpose.
Dr. Casey Adamson
Dr. Adamson is a Licensed Clinical psychologist with a PsyD in clinical psychology. Dr. Adamson received a Master’s degree in Psychology in 2013 from Nova Southeastern University and completed her doctoral degree in 2023 from CalSouthern University. She has over 15 years of experience working with people with traumatic experiences through community based services. She has worked with veterans for the last 10 years, focusing on harm reduction, motivational interviewing and LEAP interventions.
Dr. Adamson provides counseling and psychotherapy services to individuals, couples, and families. She has a broad range of therapeutic intervention practices including Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and multifaceted approaches in order to treat a variety of needs and diverse populations. She is focused on helping clients achieve goals and find sustainable and manageable coping skills. She is available for through tele-health (on-line sessions) or in-person meetings for private pay clients.
Dr. Danna Gonzalez Casas
Dr. Danna Gonzalez Casas is a Psychological Associate in Clinical Psychology and is supervised by Dr. Stamatia Daroglou.
Dr. Danna obtained her PsyD Clinical Psychology degree from CSPP, Alliant International University and received clinical training in outpatient, inpatient, and community mental health settings. She is bilingual in Spanish and English. She provides psychotherapy to adults and couples either in-person or through telehealth (online) services.
Dr. Danna earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from CSPP, Alliant International University and her B.A. in Psychology from San Francisco State University. Dr. Danna is passionate about working with BIPOC and immigrant populations. She has extensive clinical training working with children, adolescents, and adults. She approaches therapy through an Integrative lens, a holistic approach focusing on the Whole person, incorporating a biopsychosocial model that includes person-centered/humanistic therapy, behavioral therapies such as CBT, DBT and ACT, existential therapy, multicultural therapy, and psychodynamic therapy.
Dr. Danna has experience working with trauma, complex trauma, and PTSD, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, life transitions, self-esteem and self-compassion, burnout, and intergenerational trauma. She has completed her dissertation on The BIPOC Experience of Psychedelic-assisted Psychotherapy. Additional areas of interest include feminism and women's issues, psycho-oncology, Veterans mental health, gender-affirming care, and social justice and advocacy.
Our Offices in
La Jolla and Encinitas
