Patricia Temple, LMFT
Experienced therapist helping people manage anger and relationships
Book with PatriciaWorks with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
How Patricia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Patricia
Patricia Temple is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with four decades of clinical experience in California. She draws on long experience to help people facing relationship strain, stress, anxiety, addictions, and anger. Patricia speaks English and Spanish and works with adults on parenting concerns, intimacy-related issues, grief, and major life changes.
Her approach treats each person as the expert on their life. She listens, asks practical questions, and helps people identify small steps that can make daily life calmer.
Background and approach
Sessions are down-to-earth and focused on what clients want to change right now. Patricia uses attachment-focused ideas to look at how early bonds shape current patterns. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.
Emotionally-focused work helps people name and process feelings that get in the way of connection. Many clients come for help with communication problems, control issues, or family conflict. Others seek support for trauma, coping with illness, body image, or caregiver stress.
Patricia pays attention to each person's story and practical needs when planning next steps. She frames therapy as a collaboration - a place to try new ways of relating, communicating, and coping. For people who want straightforward guidance and steady support, her style aims to be clear, patient, and goal-oriented.
What Patricia works with
Everything Patricia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Patricia's practice.
- 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 lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online work uses conversations to identify repeating patterns in relationships and try different responses that build safer connections.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's experience and goals. In remote sessions the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they hear, and helps people find their own solutions to stress, parenting challenges, and anger.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and what feels most useful. Together they choose techniques and adjust them as progress is made so the plan fits the client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face when gestures and tone matter. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when writing is easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to schedule regular sessions and keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What kinds of concerns does Patricia address?
She helps people with relationship and family issues, parenting, intimacy-related problems, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She listens carefully, helps clients name goals, and suggests concrete steps to try between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
Patricia brings 40 years of professional experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.