THERAPY FOR:

Celebrating Life &
All Its Color

REWRITE YOUR STORY
California therapist Ron Deming is seen here with glasses and a beard, smiling in front of bookshelves filled with books.

Ron Deming M.S. LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Certified Domestic Violence Counselor

SPECIALTIES

  • Addiction Recovery

  • Childhood Trauma Recovery

  • Supporting You Through the Big Questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What’s the purpose of life?

My Story

I never wanted to limit myself to just one experience, and I believe that we are here to experience all life has to offer — the hard and the beautiful.

Over the course of my adult life, I’ve been a carpenter, a trucker, a professional touring and recording musician, an IT Guy, and have worked extensively with horses.

Through it all, I’ve been driven by my thirst for learning, and my own life experience (including becoming sober in 2005), led me to become deeply curious about people and the early childhood experiences that shape us.

Decades ago, I started reading about psychoanalysis with Bill Willson’s AA Big Book and got into Jung and Freud. I couldn’t get enough of it, and so, at forty-eight years old, I went back to school.

I got my B.A. in Psychology and my M.S. in Counseling, and I was the oldest person in every classroom (often even older than my professors). But I didn’t let that stop me. Because — and I truly believe this — I am free. You are free. And when we don’t feel free, it’s almost always because of a story we are carrying that is telling us something different.

I love nothing more than helping people uncover and rewrite those stories.

  • SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
    M.S. in Counseling (Marriage & Family Therapy)
    B.A. in Psychology

    GROSSMONT COLLEGE
    A.A. Psychology
    A.A. Social & Behavioral Sciences
    A.A. French

  • Seeing clients since 2018, and in Private Practice, 2026 – present
    Adjunct Professor at Grossmont College, 2020 – present
    Guest Lecturer (USD & UCSD), 2020 – present
    Narrative Initiatives San Diego, 2020 – 2025
    License to Freedom, 2019
    Center for Community Counseling & Engagement, 2018

Close-up of a horse's head with red bridle and saddle, riding on a racetrack during sunset, with dust rising from the ground.

Sometimes, a horse avoids an area of its pen or it won’t eat the hay. For years, I worked with horses, and I learned that there is always something holding them back. Something that they can change so they can feel free. The same is true for people.

I want to help you feel free. And whatever story you’re telling yourself that’s limiting your freedom? I want to help you rewrite it. I want to help you get unstuck so you can move forward, enjoying all that life has to offer.

SERVICES

  • Individual Telehealth Counseling

  • Couples Telehealth Counseling

  • Family Telehealth Counseling

  • Ongoing Work & Mental Health Check-Ins

    • Aetna

    • Anthem

    • Blue Cross

    • Blue Shield

    • Carelon Behavioral Health

    • Cigna and Evernorth

    • Quest Behavioral Health

    Please double-check with your personal insurance to verify your individual coverage options.

TO GET STARTED:

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Serving clients throughout the state of California.