- 40 years experience
- English and Spanish
- Focus on self esteem
About Patricia
Patricia Temple is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with four decades of professional experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, self esteem, depression, relationship and parenting concerns. Patricia speaks English and Spanish and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for people who are unsure where to begin.
Patricia frames the work around each person's story and strengths. She listens for how family patterns, attachment styles, and communication habits shape current problems. Then she helps clients identify small, doable steps to reduce conflict and improve daily functioning. Sessions are goal oriented and guided by what each person says matters most.
Her approach blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral work and emotionally-focused strategies. Patricia also draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand closeness and trust. She uses tools that target thinking patterns, emotional responses, and relationship moments so change can happen between sessions as well as during them.
People often contact her about intimacy and sexual concerns, addiction or compulsive behaviors, trauma and abuse, eating issues, anger, and coping with life changes like aging or caregiving stress. She also helps with adoption and foster care questions, blended family dynamics, body image, and commitment or control issues.
Patricia encourages a collaborative process where clients' goals guide each step. She highlights strengths, teaches concrete skills, and supports clients as they practice new ways of relating and coping.
Patricia frames the work around each person's story and strengths. She listens for how family patterns, attachment styles, and communication habits shape current problems. Then she helps clients identify small, doable steps to reduce conflict and improve daily functioning. Sessions are goal oriented and guided by what each person says matters most.
Her approach blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral work and emotionally-focused strategies. Patricia also draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand closeness and trust. She uses tools that target thinking patterns, emotional responses, and relationship moments so change can happen between sessions as well as during them.
People often contact her about intimacy and sexual concerns, addiction or compulsive behaviors, trauma and abuse, eating issues, anger, and coping with life changes like aging or caregiving stress. She also helps with adoption and foster care questions, blended family dynamics, body image, and commitment or control issues.
Patricia encourages a collaborative process where clients' goals guide each step. She highlights strengths, teaches concrete skills, and supports clients as they practice new ways of relating and coping.