Carlsbad, California · Telehealth across California
Dr. Arianna Zabriskie is a Psychologist, MFT, PsyD offering compassionate, evidence-based care for individuals and families, in person in Carlsbad and by telehealth across California.
About
Affiliations
The name Soul Shining reflects the core philosophy of my practice. I believe every individual possesses an authentic, resilient inner self, a "soul," that can become obscured by life's challenges, such as trauma, self-doubt, or ingrained patterns. The therapeutic process is a collaborative journey of gently clearing away these layers, not to create something new, but to reveal the strength, clarity, and vitality that already exist within. My goal is to help you reconnect with that inherent light, allowing your most vibrant and authentic self to shine through.
PsyD from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department at California State University San Marcos.
License
Psychologist, MFT, PsyD
Location
2683 State Street, Carlsbad, CA 92008 · Telehealth across California
Education
PsyD, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology · Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Myah Rababy
Administrative Assistant & Psych Testing Technician in Training
Recently graduated with a Bachelor's in Psychology. Supports clients behind the scenes and is training to become a Psychological Testing Technician. Believes in holistic healing, that true wellness comes from within, not just addressing surface symptoms. Whether helping schedule a first appointment or supporting the testing process later, her goal is to make every client feel welcomed and cared for.
Therapy
Individual therapy offers a safe, confidential space to explore what you're going through, build coping tools, and grow at your own pace. The approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Jungian principles, offering practical relief alongside deeper self-insight.
CBT is one of the most widely studied approaches in mental health care. The core idea is that thoughts, feelings, and actions are connected, and shifting one can shift the others. It's used for anxiety, depression, addiction, OCD, and eating disorders.
Jungian work is a longer journey toward individuation, becoming more fully yourself by understanding the different parts of who you are, explored with curiosity rather than judgment.
Family therapy uses the same blend of CBT and Jungian principles to address relational patterns, communication, and family dynamics.
Sessions focus on understanding the patterns that shape how family members relate to one another, and on building healthier ways of communicating and connecting.
Specialty areas include addiction, alongside anxiety, depression, OCD, and eating disorders.
Practice Area
Understanding each person's unique strengths and challenges starts with a thoughtful, accurate assessment, especially when neurodiversity is part of the picture. We use evidence-based diagnostic tools to guide a treatment process built around you. Our wrap-around approach brings together a thorough clinical interview, a comprehensive test battery, and conversations with the people who know you best, including caregivers, teachers, or other important people in your life, for a holistic, nuanced understanding of who you are.
Comprehensive evaluations for ADHD and autism, including late diagnosis in teens and adults. The assessment covers attention, executive functioning, social communication, and sensory patterns, with results that can support diagnosis, accommodations, and treatment planning.
Memory and cognitive testing for suspected decline. The assessment evaluates domains such as attention, language, visuospatial skills, and executive functioning, with findings reported in a clear, detailed written summary.
Personality functioning and diagnostic clarity. The assessment uses validated methods to explore personality structure and patterns, helping answer complex diagnostic questions and inform treatment direction.
A conversation covering medical, psychiatric, educational, and vocational history, early development, family background, and what brought you in. Cultural factors and any prior assessments are considered. A support person is welcome to join.
A variety of tasks, on paper or on a device provided in the office, walked through step by step. The specific tests depend on what will best help understand your situation.
Results are brought together into a formal diagnosis and a personalized treatment plan, in a follow-up appointment that walks through scores, diagnosis, and plan clearly, with written documentation and room for questions.
Begin with a consultation to discuss your questions and whether testing is the right next step. Also operating as North County Center for Psychological Testing.
More to be announced soon...
For Organizations
Soul Shining Psychology also works with mental health practices, treatment centers, and healthcare organizations, bringing specialized psychological services directly into your existing setting.
In-house psychological, psychoeducational, and neuropsychological testing for your clients, delivered on-site as an extension of your clinical team.
Explore testing partnershipsAn ongoing curriculum-development membership that helps clinical teams build a growing library of structured group therapy materials.
Learn about curriculum membershipFor Organizations
Expand your practice's services without the need to build a testing department. Soul Shining Psychology partners with mental health practices, treatment centers, and healthcare organizations to provide in-house psychological, psychoeducational, and neuropsychological testing services for their clients.
Through the partnership model, organizations can offer comprehensive psychological testing within their existing setting, giving clients convenient access to diagnostic clarification and personalized recommendations while allowing the organization's clinical team to remain focused on treatment.
Soul Shining Psychology functions as an extension of your clinical team, not a separate vendor. Psychological assessment services are delivered on-site within your setting, with collaborative communication throughout, so findings flow directly into the care your team is already providing.
Building a testing department in-house means hiring specialized staff, sourcing validated instruments, and pulling clinicians away from treatment. The partnership model brings that expertise directly into your existing setting, so your team keeps its focus on care while your clients gain access to diagnostic clarity and individualized recommendations.
Soul Shining Psychology can assist with diagnostic questions involving areas such as:
A streamlined referral-to-testing process keeps things simple for your team. After referral, Soul Shining Psychology conducts the clinical interview, testing, and feedback on-site, then shares comprehensive reports and individualized recommendations directly with the treatment team. The result is diagnostic clarity that integrates with, rather than interrupts, the care your clinicians are already delivering.
Reach out by email to explore whether a partnership is a fit for your organization.
Looking to support your clinical team's group programming as well? Soul Shining Psychology also offers a Group Therapy Curriculum Membership for organizations that want a growing library of structured group materials.
For Organizations
Build a comprehensive group therapy curriculum library for your treatment center. This membership-based curriculum development service helps clinical teams run structured, consistent groups without creating every session from scratch.
Developing group therapy curriculum in-house pulls clinicians away from direct client care. Facilitators often rebuild similar material for each new group, which makes programming inconsistent and adds to staff workload.
The membership gives your team a growing library of clinically informed mental health group curriculum they can draw from, so groups stay structured and consistent while clinicians keep their focus on the people in the room.
This is an ongoing curriculum-development resource for treatment centers, not a one-time bundle of worksheets. Over time, organizations build a diverse collection of curriculum topics that clinicians can select based on client needs and programming.
Each curriculum provides structure and consistency while still allowing facilitators to use their own therapeutic style and clinical judgment. The library expands as new topics are added, so your programming can evolve alongside the clients you serve.
The membership library spans a broad range of behavioral health group curriculum topics, including:
Reach out by email to learn how the curriculum membership can fit your organization's programming.
Need diagnostic clarity for your clients too? Soul Shining Psychology also offers psychological testing partnerships that bring comprehensive assessment services directly into your organization's setting.
Getting Started
Understanding each person's unique strengths and challenges starts with a thoughtful, accurate assessment, especially when neurodiversity is part of the picture. At Soul Shining Psychology, we use evidence-based diagnostic tools to guide a treatment process built around you, so the support you receive feels relevant and genuinely effective. Our wrap-around approach brings together a thorough clinical interview, a comprehensive test battery, and conversations with the people who know you best, including caregivers, teachers, or other important individuals in your life, for a holistic, nuanced understanding of who you are.
The clinical interview is where your assessment journey begins. We take a biopsychosocial approach to get to know you and your current situation, so we can create an assessment plan tailored specifically to what you need. This conversation gently covers your medical, psychiatric, educational, and vocational history, along with early development, family background, and the story behind what brought you in. Cultural factors and any prior assessments are considered, and a support person is always welcome to join.
During testing, you'll complete a variety of tasks, either on paper or on a device provided in the office. Your assessor walks you through each step and lets you know exactly what to do. The specific tests depend on what will best help understand your unique situation. Your comfort matters just as much as accuracy, and we're with you every step of the way to make the experience as easy and reassuring as possible.
Once your results are scored, Dr. Zabriskie brings everything together into a formal diagnosis and a personalized treatment plan. A follow-up appointment walks through your scores, diagnosis, and plan in a way that feels clear and easy to understand. You'll receive written documentation and have space for all your questions, giving you a strong foundation to move forward with clarity and hope.