Staff
Meet the Team behind syntropy family counseling
Our counseling agency has a diverse staff of certified mental health professionals with years of experience and success in working with a wide range of clients. Our compassionate staff members are dedicated to providing exceptional service to every client. Together, this team makes up the supportive backbone of syntropy family counseling.
Derrick Selb, LMFT: CEO and Clinician
Derrick is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with license number 82923. Since 2003, he has worked with many individuals, couples, families, and children to help improve their mental health and lives. From lawyers and CEOs to abused children and struggling college students to inmates in county jail, Derrick has been a pillar of support to every kind of person ready to author their own destiny.
Professional Experience
His extensive experience as a mental health professional includes working with people with severe mood or thought disorders and providing meaningful support and education to their loved ones. Derrick has helped many individuals and families learn to cope with and overcome depression, anxiety, substance abuse, trauma, relationship friction, sleep disturbance, communication problems, emotional reactivity, midlife crises, existential dread, and dozens of other issues.
Approach as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Derrick tries his best to be an open book to his clients. That is why he will gladly answer any questions about him, his practice, or his accreditation. He even offers to get acquainted with a potential new client even before a face-to-face meeting through a free 30-minute consultation so they can figure out if they are a good fit for one another.
Crystal Ramirez, PhD, LMFT: Clinical Director
Dr. Ramirez’s philosophy is grounded in reverence, authenticity, and co-created healing. Her doctoral research explored the lived experiences of people with psychotic disorders in public mental health systems, work she has presented both nationally and internationally. This commitment to deep listening and respect for each person’s full humanity continues to shape her practice today. She believes therapy is a safe place to tend honestly to one’s feelings and needs, integrate mind, body, and spirit, and uncover meaning even in life’s most overwhelming moments.
Professional Experience
Dr. Crystal Ramirez is a psychotherapist with nearly 20 years of professional experience helping children, adults, couples, and families navigate life’s challenges and transitions. Her training and work span a variety of roles including therapist, clinical supervisor, manager, director, and graduate school professor.
Approach as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Her clinical approach is holistic, trauma-informed, and deeply personalized. Drawing from somatic therapy, depth psychology, mindfulness, expressive arts, DBT, EMDR, neurorelational play therapy, and psychodynamic traditions, she integrates evidence-based practices with imaginal, psychospiritual, and relational perspectives. Each therapy plan is customized to meet her clients’ unique needs and goals, whether the focus is on day-to-day problem solving, healing from the past, or creating a more authentic and intentional life.
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See a Marriage and Family Therapist Today
Book an appointment for a consultation session with one of our marriage and family therapists. We would be more than happy to discuss your mental health needs and begin the process of healing.