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Founder & Executive Director

Kellye Laughery, LMFT

LMFT, Play Therapist

About Kellye

Kellye Laughery, LMFT

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 trauma toward connection.

Her path to therapy was anything but ordinary. Before becoming a therapist, Kellye owned the first surf shop in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and worked as a Fortune 250 executive. Her own experiences with grief, heartbreak, and emotional recovery shaped the practical, results-oriented therapist she is today.

Kellye integrates unconventional tools -- including sand tray therapy, pet therapy, and whole-family counseling -- to help families actually move forward. The work is grounded in both clinical training and lived experience, and it is built to fit real family life.

I want you to move forward in your life. That's why I integrate unconventional tools and processes into my practice -- that's how therapy at The Center for Family Unity is different. It works.

Areas of focus

  • Blended family therapy
  • Military family therapy
  • Trauma resolution
  • Couples & remarriage counseling
  • Emotional healing for women over 45
  • Transitions & life after divorce

Training & education

  • B.S. in Business Management
  • Executive MBA
  • Sand Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Trauma Resolution Training
  • Healing Prayer
Meet Our Therapists

Veronica Springfield

Veronica brings warmth and steadiness to her work with families, couples, and individuals navigating change.

Counselor

Veronica Springfield

Counselor

Veronica supports clients through blended-family transitions, relationship patterns, and trauma recovery — meeting each person where they are with grounded, practical care.

In-person therapy in San Diego and online therapy for clients throughout California.

Meet Our Therapists

Lisa Herrick, AMFT

Lisa helps individuals, couples, and families navigate life’s challenges with hope, resilience, and healing.

Associate Marriage & Family Therapist

Lisa Herrick, AMFT

Marriage & Family Therapist Associate · AMFT 148657 (California)

Lisa Herrick is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist passionate about helping individuals, couples, and families navigate life’s challenges with hope, resilience, and healing.

She works with clients experiencing relationship challenges, life transitions, anxiety, substance use, family concerns, and the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood. She especially enjoys working with teens and young adults, while also supporting adults, couples, and families.

Her approach is integrative and client-centered, meaning therapy is tailored to your unique needs, values, and goals. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Family Systems Therapy. For those who desire it, she also incorporates biblical principles and faith into the therapeutic process.

Supervised by Kellye Laughery, LMFT 49206, State of California.

Areas of focus

  • Teens & young adults
  • Relationship challenges
  • Life transitions
  • Anxiety
  • Substance use
  • Family concerns

Approach

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Biblical principles and faith, for those who desire it

Credentials

  • Marriage & Family Therapist Associate
  • Credential type: Prelicense
  • License number: 148657
  • License state: California
  • License expiration: August 2027
  • Supervised by Kellye Laughery, LMFT 49206, State of California
Next step

Work with our team.

Start with a consultation to share what is bringing you in and decide whether the fit feels right before beginning ongoing work.

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