Patricia Temple
Experienced California LMFT focusing on relationships
LMFT California
- Experience
- 40 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Family, Intimacy-related issues
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Patricia
Patricia Temple is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with four decades of clinical work. She focuses on relationship and family concerns and helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and struggles with intimacy or parenting.
Background and approach
Patricia speaks English and Spanish and brings a calm, steady presence to sessions. She treats a wide range of issues including addictions, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, anger, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
She also addresses specific topics such as abandonment, attachment struggles, blended family challenges, and caregiver stress. Patricia uses practical tools to help people manage symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.
Her approach centers on listening and building on each person’s strengths. Patricia uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive space and Attachment-Based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns.
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when people need concrete strategies for mood, behavior, or emotion regulation. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-focused.
Patricia helps clients set realistic steps, practice new skills between meetings, and track small changes over time. She emphasizes skills people can use right away to reduce distress and improve relationships.
People who choose Patricia can expect straightforward conversation, clear suggestions, and steady encouragement. She recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and supports each person as they work toward the changes they want.
Online approaches that fit real-life relationship work
Patricia frequently combines Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current bonds and helps people recognize and change those patterns. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on each person's strengths so they feel heard and understood.She also uses elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when people need concrete tools. CBT helps identify unhelpful thoughts and teaches practical skills to change behaviors and moods, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, or stress. Choosing the right mix of approaches is collaborative; the therapist will work with each person to find what matches their goals and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing coaching and reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to continue therapy around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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Experience
40+ years
Licensed in
California
Languages
English, Spanish