- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Attachment-based work
- Client-centered approach
About Patricia
Patricia Temple is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 40 years of clinical experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, and addiction. She also addresses trauma and abuse, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes.
Patricia draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy as one of her primary approaches. She combines this with attachment-based and client-centered methods to help people name and work through powerful emotions that affect close relationships. Her work also uses cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior ideas when those tools fit the problem at hand.
In sessions she treats each person as the expert on their own story. She listens for patterns in how people relate and notices repeated emotions and reactions. From there she helps people understand those patterns and practice different ways of responding.
Patricia has worked with a wide range of concerns related to abandonment, adoption and foster care, blended family issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, body image, and communication problems. She also supports people dealing with commitment worries, codependency, control issues, and co-morbid conditions.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. Patricia’s practice is based in California and she holds a CA LMFT credential. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online therapy options button.
How her approaches are used in online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people and couples identify core emotions and attachment needs that show up in relationship patterns. It aims to make those feelings clearer and to open paths for new responses.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current reactions. It examines how attachment fears or strategies affect communication and closeness in important relationships.
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s perspective. The therapist follows what the client brings, reflecting feelings and helping people find their own solutions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia will talk with clients about goals, history, and preferences and together decide which methods to use. The plan can change as needs become clearer, and the therapist collaborates on each step.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking, as the biography does not list formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, for example by removing commute time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or enabling sessions when travel or mobility is difficult. Licensed professionals often adapt exercises and pacing so work can proceed effectively across distance.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
40+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship and family concerns, intimacy issues, parenting, stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and many life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centered approaches to notice emotions and relationship patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four decades of professional experience, bringing long-term practice to a range of relational and personal concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a California LMFT credential and operates from California.
Which languages are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to start therapy with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.