Dr. Philip Watson offers a thoughtful, welcoming space to explore your experiences with clarity and care. In your work together, you can develop a deeper understanding of the patterns shaping your relationships, emotional life, and sense of self. Therapy can help you feel more connected, more grounded in what matters, and better able to make meaningful, tangible changes.

His approach is collaborative, thoughtful, and tailored to each person. He draws from emotion-focused, acceptance-based, psychodynamic, and skills-based approaches to help clients understand longstanding patterns while also developing practical ways to respond differently. Therapy may involve exploring relationships, emotional experiences, personal history, values, identity, and the changes you hope to make.

He sees individuals and couples in person in Del Mar and by teletherapy throughout California.

Dr. Watson earned a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a doctorate from the University of Indianapolis. He has been practicing therapy since 2019.