Accepting new clients in August 2024,

Life stressors, relationships, clergy issues, dating struggles, body image/disordered eating, adult survivors of childhood trauma, anxiety/depression, spirituality & faith, college students, professional development for therapists, identity issues.

Those who gravitate to me for therapy are often incredibly strong, high-functioning people who have already fought harder in life than anyone should have to, just to make it through.  If this sounds like you, know that you already have my respect before you walk through the door.  Perhaps you now find yourself in adulthood after a traumatic beginning, ready to break generational cycles of pain or patterns of abuse that you’ve seen, but it’s still a struggle despite your best efforts. It has been my honor to help such individuals and couples achieve emotional peace and relationship harmony that once felt out-of-reach to them.  Perhaps life threw circumstances your way that others might have found insurmountable.  Maybe you’re feeling utterly burned out, and are pushing through, anyway.  I appreciate your persistence and courage. I utilize in-depth relational psychotherapy with a collaborative approach to partner with you in your healing.  It is my great joy to use my decades of expertise to help my clients move from “just surviving” into their thriving.  

About Dr. Hofstetter

Dr. Hofstetter is a clinical psychologist licensed in California (PSY 25696) and Arizona (Lic. #4125). She is additionally authorized to provide telehealth to clients in 40 states (Psypact APIT #4880; & time-limited authorization in Massachussetts). She has over two decades of experience in the field of psychology, with special expertise in relational and in-depth therapy for older adolescents (18+), adults, couples, and groups. Dr. Hofstetter received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, an APA-accredited program in Pasadena, California. 

Practicing with clinical acumen and personal warmth, her diverse clinical background includes campus counseling; intensive outpatient treatment of eating disorders; intensive couples therapy; rehabilitative neuropsychology; veterans’ issues and trauma; as well as psychoanalytic study at the Wright Institute, Los Angeles.

Dr. Hofstetter has served as clinical adjunct faculty at Fuller School of Psychology and Marriage & Family Therapy, as well as Azusa Pacific University’s psychology doctoral and undergraduate programs, teaching courses in neuroscience, cognitive psychology, personality, family psychology, adult development, general psychology, and management of private practice. She has also served as adjunct seminary professor at Azusa Pacific Seminary.  She has supervised the clinical work of doctoral psychology students at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology at various levels of their training.