About Our
Practice
Therapy Should Fit you, Not the Other Way Around
At S.A.G.E. Therapy Center, we help individuals, couples, and families -and even teenagers - navigate the emotional challenges of life, heal old wounds, and reconnect with a deeper sense of peace and purpose. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, overwhelming emotions, relationship stress, or patterns you can’t seem to break, we’re here to help you move toward clarity, growth, and lasting change. Our name reflects our purpose: to help you develop Self,-Awareness, experience Growth, and find Enlightenment. In every session, we aim to to meet you with compassion, respect, and a belief in your ability to heal. We offer not just a safe space to talk, but also real tools, direct feedback, and practical strategies to help you make meaningful changes in your daily life life.
We offer in-person sessions: San Diego, Encinatas, Vista, San Marcos, Oceanside, and all of the surrounding areas- and provide virtual therapy throughout all of California..
Our Mission
Approach & Techniques
At S.A.G.E. Therapy Center, our mission is to help you find inner peace, heal from the past, and build a more joyful, empowered life. We support clients in learning how to manage difficult emotions, develop a kinder inner voice, and create healthier relationships - with themselves and others.
Our Licensed Therapist in North County San Diego brings over 20 years of experience and offers a compassionate, insight-driven approach that integrates powerful, evidenced-based techniques. These include:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) - for healing trauma and reducing distress,
Cognitive-behavioral theory (CBT) -to shift unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors,
IMAGO and Attachment Based theory - to improve connection and communication in relationships,
Psychodynamic and Experiential approaches. - to explore unconscious patterns and deepen self-awareness
Meet Our
Therapists
Real People. Real Experience. Real Support
If you were climbing Mt. Everest, would you want a guide who had only read about it - or someone who had actually made the journey? At S.A.G.E. Therapy Center, we’ve climbed it.
We are compassionate, skilled therapists who are real people who have walked through their own challenges and come out the other side. We bring not only professional expertise but also personal understanding to help guide you toward clarity, healing, and growth.
. We offer a wide range of services, including: Individual therapy, premarital counseling and marriage counseling, relationship and couples counseling, adolescent counseling, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy..
Whatever mountain you’re facing, we’re here to help you climb it - with empathy, insight, and tools that make a difference.
Kristin Moorehead-Malley
Founder & Licensed Therapist MA ,LMFT LIC# MFC 39586
Hi, I’m Kristin. I’m a licensed therapist and the founder of S.A.G.E. Therapy Center in Carlsbad. I created this practice with a clear purpose: to offer compassionate, real-world support to people navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, and life’s complex transitions.
My passion for this work is deeply personal. Like many of my clients, I’ve had to work through challenges from childhood and face difficult seasons of adulthood - including a three-year struggle with infertility that profoundly shaped my joiurney. Through those experiences, I found strength, clarity, and deep joy. I’m now a proud mom of two beautiful children - one though birth and one through adoption - and have been with my husband since 2003.
These lived experiences have made me both a more grounded person and a more effective therapist. I know what it’s like to feel overwhelmed, uncertain, and afraid - and I also know how healing, growth, and peace are possible.
You don’t have to go through this alone. I’m honored to walk alongside you as you move toward a more, grounded, fulfilling life.
Daniel Arms - Asscociate
MA, AMFT* LIC# 138600
I have joined the S.A.G.E. Therapy Center because I am very enthusiastic to help you find understanding, peace and clarity. I have an honest and open approach and use compassion and humor to face life’s challenges. My treatment philosophy is family centered which helps us understand our motivations and behaviors.
*Supervised by Kristin Malley, MA LMFT
Our
Services
Individual Therapy
Pre-Marital & Marriage Counseling
Teen Counseling
Parenting & Family Therapy
Hear From Our
Patients
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"This center has helped me learn how to grow, overcome, manage stress. I didn't have a healthy relationship with my maternal parent, and going to Sage has helped me learn how to be the kind of mother my child deserves. This place and Kristin are invaluable."
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"Kristin is such a wonderful and kind therapist, who I’ve been seeing for a couple years now. She has helped me navigate so many overwhelming changes and times in my life. Would recommend her to anyone else who needs someone to help them discover tools to get through rough patches. Thank you Kristin!"
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"Kristen is amazing. I have been seeing her off and on for over three years. She listens and gives the advice you need to hear, sometimes its hard and sometimes I think, wow why didn't I think of that. She isn't one to keep you coming back, if you or her, doesn't think its necessary, and I like that. She has helped our marriage and has helped me from myself :) I am so thankful that we found her and I really encourage anyone who is needing some help, advice, or is struggling in anyway to see her. She truly does help."
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"This review is very important and personal to me as the people as SAGE have helped me through a very difficult time in my marriage. I had originally called with the intent to see Kristin, but, as she listened to my circumstances, she recommended Bryne. Kristin was 100% correct in matching us with him. Bryne was extremely knowledgeable and provided us with the tools we needed to help salvage our relationship. We had been fighting constantly, but are now able to talk through things and understand one another. He really saved our marriage. I believe that Kristin listened carefully to our needs and placed us with the right person. I highly recommend SAGE and trust them to choose the right staff member for out particular needs."
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"Kristen has been a blessing for me. I recently went through a divorce and I have to say I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for her help and guidance.
She is extremely patient and understanding and her advice is extremely valuable to me.
Would recommend her to almost anyone!"
Take The
Next Step
In person and Virtual sessions
S.A.G.E. Therapy Center
5055 Avendia Encinas Suite 100 Carlsbad CA, 92008
(760) 703-2188