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Ann Kihara, M.S. -- Director, Monterey Peninsula Office
Marriage Family Therapist
MFC 41385
Voice Mail : (831) 655-3954
Email: Info Request Form
 

Ann is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been seeing clients since 1996 as a trainee, intern, and licensed counselor. She is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) and the local chapter, Monterey County-CAMFT. As a former college financial aid and career advisor, she values the benefits of lifelong learning. Married for 20 years, she lives with her husband and mother-in-law, and she has one married daughter and a young granddaughter.

Education:

  • California State University, East Bay, Hayward Hills – M.S. in Counseling

Areas of Focus:

  • Individual, couple, and family therapy for adults, adolescents, and children
  • Pre-marital counseling
  • Marital and relationship counseling
  • Group therapy
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Codependency
  • Difficulty with life transitions
  • Career issues and job stress
  • Challenges of parenting
  • Divorce recovery
  • Grief counseling
  • Anger management
  • Women’s issues
  • Healthy personal identity
  • Healthy relationships
  • A deeper sense of meaning and purpose in your existence

Seminars and Workshops:

  • Grief recovery
  • Forgiveness
  • Marriage enrichment
  • Search for significance