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Audrey Teshima, LMFT

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Family, and Parenting
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Audrey

Audrey Teshima is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California who focuses on helping people navigate relationship and life transitions.

Background and approach

With a decade of clinical experience, she works with clients on concerns such as family conflict, parenting and co-parenting challenges, self-esteem and confidence, career transitions, stress and anxiety, grief, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Her background also includes addressing a wide range of related issues from communication and attachment to caregiver stress and forgiveness.

She brings experience from multiple treatment settings including independent practice, community mental health and substance abuse clinics, and public school environments. Audrey weaves client-centered listening with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work.

Her approach emphasizes strengths, values, and collaborative problem solving so clients can develop resilience and more resourceful ways of managing emotions and relationships. She integrates faith-informed perspectives when relevant and offers guidance aimed at helping people move toward a more hopeful, functional life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Audrey commonly blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to meet clients where they are and teach practical skills. Client-centered therapy centers on empathetic listening and building a respectful therapeutic relationship so clients feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing concrete strategies to change them, which can help with anxiety, stress, and work or relationship challenges. Dialectical behavior therapy emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that are useful when emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. She partners with clients to explore what fits best for their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress is made and new challenges arise. This collaborative planning helps tailor sessions to what will be most useful for each person.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to access supportive care around work, family, and daily life. These formats allow clients to receive consistent guidance and skills practice without rearranging major commitments, supporting steady progress toward coping, communication, and life-management goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Audrey commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including family and relationship struggles, parenting and co-parenting, self-esteem, career and vocational challenges, stress, anxiety, grief, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is her general therapy style?
Her work combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused methods to help clients develop coping skills and resilience.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional clinical experience across settings such as independent practice, community mental health and substance abuse clinics, and school environments.
What credentials and location information are available?
She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the credential CA LMFT 107465 and practices in California.
Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Clients may meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their preferences and scheduling options.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies based on location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule an appointment according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Family conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English