Patricia Temple, LMFT
Therapist in California
Patricia Temple is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with four decades of experience.
- License 45408 · California Expires June 2027
- NPI 1912336751 · national registry
- Experience and languages 40+ years in practice English, Spanish
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About Patricia
Patricia Temple is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with four decades of experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, parenting struggles, intimacy matters, and common issues like stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Patricia speaks English and Spanish and frames therapy as a collaborative process with each person as the expert of their story.
She draws on several approaches to shape sessions to the person's needs, including the Gottman Method and attachment-based ideas alongside cognitive and skills-based tools.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and down-to-earth. Patricia helps people notice patterns, name feelings, and try small changes in how they communicate and connect. Patricia often supports people facing trauma, addictions, eating concerns, anger, and self-esteem challenges.
She also works with more specific situations like adoption and foster care dynamics, blended family stress, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and body-image difficulties. Her breadth of experience means she brings many ways to approach a problem. Therapy with her tends to focus on clear, doable steps rather than long lectures.
She uses questions and reflecting to help people make sense of past hurts and current habits. Sessions can include strategies drawn from cognitive-behavioral and dialectical approaches to manage intense emotions and change unhelpful thoughts. People start by describing what matters most to them and Patricia helps shape a plan from there.
She emphasizes strengths, small experiments between sessions, and steady progress toward tighter communication and more manageable day-to-day life.
Credentials
- LMFT (California)
- License 45408 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1912336751 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Patricia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 Patricia names
- Gottman Method
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the approaches Patricia names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
Patricia integrates approaches that translate well to online work, including the Gottman Method and Attachment-Based Therapy. The Gottman-informed work focuses on improving communication and reducing negative cycles between people by teaching clear skills for talking and repairing conflict. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at the ways early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating and responding to stress.She also uses Client-Centered techniques to keep sessions grounded in each person’s experience, offering empathy and reflective listening so clients feel heard while practical strategies are introduced. Choosing the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. Patricia will talk through goals, try approaches together, and adjust the plan based on what helps most for the issues at hand.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction and practicing communication skills in the moment. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio-only check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, homework feedback, and times when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of issues does Patricia help with?
She works with relationship and family concerns, parenting and intimacy issues, stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. She also addresses trauma, addictions, eating and anger problems, and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are practical and collaborative, focusing on communication patterns and small behavior changes. She combines reflective listening with concrete skills to help people manage emotions and improve interactions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 40 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and family dynamics. That background informs a flexible, habit-focused approach to therapy.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California and practices there.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats does she use?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for meeting with clients.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on those factors.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule appointments according to the therapist's availability.
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