Whether you’re facing anxiety, relationship conflict, parenting challenges, or a hard life transition, our experienced therapists are here to help you move forward.
Whatever you’re carrying, there’s a clear place to start. Each focus links to more detail and a simple way to begin.
Communication, conflict, trust, and rebuilding connection — including after an affair.
Stepparents, partners, and families building one shared life out of two histories.
Deployment stress, reintegration, and the realities of blended military households.
Grounded support for working through trauma and its long after-effects.
Anxiety, grief, life transitions, and the patterns underneath the day-to-day.
Play-based support for children and the families growing around them.
Therapy should feel approachable from the very first click. Here’s what you can count on at The Center for Family Unity.
The Center for Family Unity is led by Kellye Laughery, LMFT, Founder & Executive Director, offering grounded, results-oriented therapy in San Diego, CA.
LMFT, Play Therapist
Kellye Laughery, LMFT is the founder and Executive Director of The Center for Family Unity in San Diego. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Play Therapist, she helps blended families, military families, and couples move through transition, conflict, and loss toward connection.
Kellye focuses on blended family therapy, military family therapy, trauma resolution, and couples & remarriage counseling. In-person therapy in San Diego and online therapy for clients throughout California.
Counselor
Veronica brings warmth and steadiness to her work with families, couples, and individuals navigating change. She supports clients through blended-family transitions, relationship patterns, and trauma recovery — meeting each person where they are.
In-person therapy in San Diego and online therapy for clients throughout California.
Knowing what happens next makes the first step easier.
Book a free consultation online in under two minutes.
We pair you with the right therapist for what you’re facing.
Start meeting — in person in San Diego or online.
Sessions are collaborative and practical. The work names what is happening, understands the pattern underneath it, and builds next steps that fit real life.
Grounded methods without a rigid script. The work adapts to the client's story, pace, and goals.
Warm, honest conversations with enough structure to create traction between sessions.
Anxiety, relationships, grief, family history, identity, and work stress can all belong in the room.
The Center for Family Unity specializes in blended family therapy, military family therapy, and trauma resolution for adults and families in San Diego — with supporting care for couples and remarriage counseling.
Support for stepparents, partners, and families building a new shared life — working through loyalty conflicts, transitions, parenting alignment, and the everyday pressures of blending two histories into one home.
Marriage and couples counseling for communication, distance, conflict, trust, rebuilding after an affair, and the everyday patterns that wear a relationship down.
Grounded support for military families and individuals working through trauma — deployment stress, reintegration, blended military households, and the long after-effects that need somewhere to land.
The Center for Family Unity serves San Diego, California, specializing in blended family therapy, military family therapy, and trauma resolution. The closest highlighted areas are La Mesa, El Cajon, Del Mar, and Encinitas.
In-person therapy in San Diego and online therapy for clients throughout California.
Choose the focus or location that fits best. Each page gives the essentials and a clear way to schedule.
“Kellye is amazing. She has really helped me navigate the world of a blended family. She is truly caring and compassionate and has much life experience to help navigate tough situations. I appreciate everything she does for me.”
“I’ve been attending zoom meetings for well over a year now with Kellye. Professional, knowledgeable, understanding and judgement free sessions are well within her standard of care. Her approach to counseling/therapy has been extremely beneficial for my personal situation. I’d recommend her to anyone seeking talk therapy.”
“I love Kelley and how she worked with my son. Excellent care and very professional.”
A few quick answers before you reach out.
Most sessions run about 50 minutes. Your first appointment may be a little longer so we can understand what’s bringing you in and make sure the fit is right.
Insurance details vary by plan and can change over time. When you reach out we’ll ask about your insurance or payment preference — and out-of-network superbills and cash-pay/private-pay are also available.
Yes. Our founder, Kellye Laughery, LMFT, is a trained Play Therapist, so we support children alongside the families growing around them.
Reach out through the consultation form and we’ll follow up quickly to find a time that fits your schedule.
Yes — in-person therapy in San Diego and online therapy for clients throughout California.
A low-pressure conversation about what’s bringing you in, whether the approach is a fit, and what the next steps could look like.
Compassionate therapy for individuals, couples, and families in San Diego — in person and online.