Patricia Temple, LMFT
Compassionate therapist who centers your story
Details
| Name | Patricia Temple |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | California |
| Licensed in | California |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Years in practice | 40 |
About Patricia
Patricia Temple is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with four decades of clinical experience in California. She focuses on relationship and parenting concerns, and she helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and problems with intimacy. Patricia speaks English and Spanish and works in ways that center each person's story and strengths.
She believes people are experts in their own lives. Sessions begin by listening to what matters most to the person who comes in.
Background and approach
From there she helps name patterns that cause pain and looks for small, practical changes that reduce stress and improve connections. Patricia uses Narrative ideas to help people rewrite painful stories and see different possibilities. She also draws on Attachment-based work to notice how early bonds shape current relationships.
Her approach is collaborative and respectful so clients help set goals and pace. In sessions she often combines client-centered conversation with practical tools from cognitive behavioral work and emotion regulation strategies from dialectical behavior therapy. This mix aims to link understanding with doable steps people can try between meetings.
Patricia also supports people dealing with trauma, addictions, eating concerns, grief, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and body image issues. The first meetings focus on identifying priorities and clear next steps. Patricia guides people through changes related to communication, commitment concerns, codependency, blended family dynamics, adoption and foster care questions, aging issues, and coping with life transitions.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues among the things Patricia works with, alongside the areas below.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Hypnotherapy: Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Patricia among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Patricia directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Patricia directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches that shape online sessions
Patricia often uses Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from unhelpful stories and notice alternatives. Narrative work suits people who want to change the way they talk about problems and create new meanings for past events.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early connections influence current relationships. This approach can help people who struggle with trust, closeness, or patterns of push-pull in partnerships. In addition, client-centered methods keep sessions focused on the person's priorities by offering empathetic listening and support while the therapist follows the client's lead.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Patricia will talk with clients about their goals, needs, and preferences and then suggest ways of working that fit. That collaboration makes it easier to try different methods and adjust as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting struggles, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, eating concerns, anger, and low self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and listening-first. She centers each person's story and looks for practical steps to reduce conflict and increase emotional safety.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 40 years of professional experience working with people on relationship and life-change issues.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.
Can sessions be done in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Are online formats available?
Yes. Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
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