Scott Wood, MFT Intern


Scott Wood is a marriage and family therapist intern. Scott brings to Life Spring Center over 20 years of experience in Christian lay ministry and 25 years of experience in the business world. Scott brings a solution-focused perspective to his counseling and a perspective on developing and maintaining healthy relationships in positive ways across a variety of settings.

Counseling
Scott has a passion for helping couples and families navigate the challenges that are common to marriage and family life. Scott believes that people are capable of creating and maintaining healthy relationships and are capable of taking positive action in their life to solve their problems and to meet their personal goals. In other words, people are resilient and resourceful. In many cases, Scott believes that therapy can be a brief process in which he desires to empower clients to find hope that problems can be solved, gain perspective on troubling issues, and find productive paths to move forward.

  • Marital therapy
  • Family therapy
  • Individual
  • Child therapy
  • Pre-marital counseling
  • Marriage enrichment
  • Grief and loss issues
  • Recovery from trauma


    • Education
    Scott received his marriage and family therapy education at Bethel Seminary San Diego and his clinical experience at San Diego Hospice where he worked with clients on end of life issues and families coping with grief and loss. In a sense, problems in life always involve some kind of coping with grief: grief over the loss of a relationship, the loss of meeting personal goals; the loss of grappling with one's hopes and one's actual experience.

  • Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy at Bethel Seminary San Diego
  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Yvonne Dolan
  • EMDR Basic Training
  • Certified in pre-marital and marriage counseling using PREPARE/ENRICH program
  • San Diego Hospice trained in counseling for Bereavement and end of life issues.
  • Master in Business Administration, Pepperdine University
  • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of California, San Diego

    • Speaking Topics
    Over the last 20 years, Scott has been a frequent speaker at men's retreats and business conferences and a guest preacher at churches. Scott brings a perspective to marriage and family relationships grounded in Biblical truth and life experience. His experience as an actor and musician make his presentations entertaining as well as practical. Scott is available as a speaker for retreats, seminars, worship services, business groups, men's ministry and couples' events. Topics can be adapted to fit the needs of your group.

  • Creating Positive Cycles in Marriage
  • Stimulating the Emotional Economy In Marriage
  • Fatherhood: Being Intentional in Family Relationships
  • Who's Got Your Back?: Creating and maintaining emotional security in marriage
  • The Big Rocks Go In First: Examining Priorities in Life

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    Contact Scott

    If you would like to contact
    Scott Wood, please call
    Office: (619) 298-8722 x138
    Cell: (858) 449-1835
    Mission Valley, Carlsbad & Rancho Bernardo

    www.scottwoodtherapy.com