Magdalena Orr, LMFT - Therapist in California

Emotionally-Focused Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Attachment-Based work

About Magdalena

Magdalena Orr is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 20 years of clinical experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, life changes, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, and concerns related to LGBT identity. Magdalena also addresses issues such as low self-esteem, anger, career stress, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.

She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered methods. Sessions focus on naming difficult emotions, noticing patterns in relationships, and building more helpful ways of relating. Magdalena helps people recognize their reactions and try small changes in thinking and behavior.

Magdalena’s work pays attention to attachment history, relational patterns, and how past losses shape present choices. She uses practical exercises and reflective conversation to help people test new ways of responding. Sessions can include skill practice, values-based work, and discussion of current stresses.

She is experienced supporting people through adoption and foster care issues, abandonment concerns, blended family challenges, caregiving stress, chronic illness or pain, body image, codependency, and dissociation. Magdalena also brings focused work around commitment and communication problems.

Sessions are offered in English and Polish, and she accepts international clients. The first step is to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.

How Magdalena uses EFT, ACT and attachment work online

Magdalena commonly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name hard emotions and notice patterns in how they respond to others. EFT often focuses on how emotions shape relationship reactions and helps people try different ways of connecting.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify values and take small actions that matter to them even when emotions are difficult. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at early relationship patterns and how those patterns influence current bonds and intimacy.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Magdalena will discuss goals, past experiences, and preferences to decide which methods to try together. That collaboration helps shape the focus of sessions and the exercises used between meetings.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, and offer ways to attend without needing a long commute. Therapists and licensed professionals will work with clients to pick times and arrangements that fit their schedules.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Grief Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

LGBT Trauma and abuse Intimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgiveness Guilt and shameImmigration issuesInfidelity Isolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Midlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depression Post-traumatic stress Pregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-love Social anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based Therapy Client-Centered Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential Therapy Gottman Method Mindfulness Therapy Psychodynamic Therapy Solution-Focused Therapy Somatic Therapy Internal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Listed in

California

Languages

English, Polish

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, life transitions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, and LGBT related challenges.

What therapeutic style does she use?

Her stated approaches include Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered methods.

How much experience does she have?

She has 20 years of experience working with individuals, youth, and couples on a wide range of issues.

What are her credentials and location?

She is an LMFT licensed in California and practices from that state.

Does she offer sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English and Polish.

Can international clients work with her?

She accepts international clients as part of her practice.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started with scheduling?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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