Dr. Cassidy Freitas, PhD, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
16 yrs experience
Updated August 25, 2026 How we verify
About
Dr. Cassidy Freitas is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (CA MFC #91256) and founder of Dr. Cassidy & Co, a virtual group practice supporting parents through fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenting. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Diego and author of Mom Needs a Moment.
Services
- Pregnancy, prenatal, and postpartum mental health
- Postpartum anxiety and depression
- Parenting stress and reactivity
- Relationship issues
- Birth trauma
- Postpartum anxiety
- Postpartum depression
- Postpartum rage
- Intrusive thoughts
- OCD
- Depression
- Family conflict
- Grief
- Life transitions
- Trauma / PTSD
- Stress
- EMDR
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Trauma-informed approaches
State licenses
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California · License #91256 · LMFT Active
In the field
Media
- Dr. Cassidy Freitas: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist — San Diego Magazine "Not a Parenting Podcast"
- Dr. Cassidy Freitas '11 (MA) Recently Featured In San Diego Magazine — University of San Diego news
- Meet Dr. Cassidy Freitas — SDVoyager interview
- Talking about life, self-care and asking for help: A Q&A with Dr. Cassidy Freitas — Lindywell
Publications
- Freitas, Cassidy J. "Paternal Depression in the Peripartum Period: An International Delphi Study" — Loma Linda University doctoral dissertation, 2015. https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/342/
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 14 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Practice locations (San Diego 92101, Encinitas 92024), specialties, issues treated, modalities, fees, session format, years in practice (16), license number 91256 (psychologytoday.com)
provider website (Dr. Cassidy & Co — bio page)
- License number MFC #91256, degrees (PhD Loma Linda, MA University of San Diego, BA Loyola Marymount), specialties, headshot photo (drcassidymft.com)
provider website (Dr. Cassidy & Co — about page)
- Practice name, description, team roster, social handles (drcassidymft.com)
provider website (Dr. Cassidy & Co — contact page)
- Contact email [redacted] (drcassidymft.com)
NPPES NPI registry
- NPI 1497204796, taxonomy Marriage & Family Therapist (106H00000X), license LMFT91256 (CA), address [redacted], phone [redacted], active status (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
TherapyDen directory
- License MFC #91256, in-person San Diego + telehealth, fee range $215-$280 individual / $235-$300 couples, modalities including ERP (therapyden.com)
SDVoyager interview
- Education history, part-time clinical supervision at UCSD, adjunct faculty at University of San Diego, board role with Postpartum Health Alliance, contact phone number variant [redacted] (sdvoyager.com)
publisher page (Hachette Book Group)
- Author of book Mom Needs a Moment (hachettebookgroup.com)
academic repository (Loma Linda University ScholarsRepository)
- Doctoral dissertation: Paternal Depression in the Peripartum Period: An International Delphi Study (scholarsrepository.llu.edu)
press (San Diego Magazine)
- Podcast feature / bio confirming LMFT practice and Holding Space podcast (sandiegomagazine.com)
university news (University of San Diego)
- Confirms MA '11 alumna, adjunct/press connection to USD (sandiego.edu)
social profile (Instagram)
- Handle @drcassidy, ~122K followers, self-description as therapist for moms (instagram.com)
social profile (LinkedIn)
- Professional profile existence for Cassidy Freitas, Ph.D. (linkedin.com)
podcast platform (Spotify)
- Host of Holding Space podcast (153 episodes) (open.spotify.com)