John Rego, LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in La Mesa, CA — therapist at ThriveTalk

John Rego, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

20 yrs experience

Updated August 20, 2026 How we verify

About

John Rego is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Southern California with 20 years of experience, specializing in grief and bereavement, faith-based counseling, and men's mental health; he considered ministry before finding his calling in counseling.

Services

  • Grief / Bereavement
  • Faith-Based / Christian Counseling
  • Men's Mental Health
  • Leadership / Business Consulting
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Trauma
  • Behavioral issues
  • Codependency
  • Life transitions
  • Relationship issues
  • Sexual addiction
  • PTSD
  • Solution-focused
  • Strengths-based
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • Narrative therapy
  • Attachment-based
  • Christian Counseling
  • Coaching
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Mindfulness-based
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Relational
  • Trauma-focused

State licenses

  • California · License #45003 · LMFT Active

    expires 10-31-2026

Sources

The facts on this page are drawn from 9 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.

Psychology Today directory

  • Identity anchor: name, LMFT credential, license #45003, La Mesa CA location, phone, 20 years in practice, specialties, issues treated, modalities, populations, insurance, online-only session format, Fuller Theological Seminary MS (2005) (psychologytoday.com)
  • Same provider (PT id 1296981) shown under a prior URL slug/location snapshot (Rowland Heights, CA) (psychologytoday.com)

NPPES NPI registry

  • NPI 1184757494, taxonomy Marriage & Family Therapist (106H00000X), license 45003 CA, practice address [redacted]; active enumeration (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)

Zocdoc directory

  • Practice affiliation 'Rula Health - L.A. South', bio quote about a calling to counseling, Bachelor's from San Diego State University, 200+ insurance plans, zero reviews on file (zocdoc.com)

Healthgrades directory

  • Licensed in California, specialties in relationship counseling and grief/bereavement, 20 years experience, zero reviews on file, BetterHelp virtual-care partnership mentioned (healthgrades.com)

business data aggregator (ZoomInfo)

  • John Rego, LMFT, listed at United Behavioral Health Solutions (UBHS) (zoominfo.com)

business data aggregator (RocketReach, via search snippet)

  • John Rego, LMFT at United Behavioral Health Solutions, based in San Diego, CA; Fuller Theological Seminary 2003-2005 — corroborates identity anchors (location + education) (rocketreach.co)

Kaiser Permanente provider directory (unconfirmed)

  • A 'John Christopher Rego, LMFT' is listed as a Behavioral Health Counselor with Kaiser Permanente Southern California; not independently confirmed as the same person (page could not be fetched to compare address/NPI) (healthy.kaiserpermanente.org)

provider directory (Rula.com, negative check)

  • John Rego does not appear in Rula's public La Mesa, CA therapist listing page as of research date (rula.com)
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