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Audrey Teshima, LMFT

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasFamily, Parenting, and Self esteem
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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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 family conflicts, parenting and co-parenting challenges, relationship struggles, self-esteem and career concerns.

Background and approach

She brings a decade of clinical experience across multiple settings to her work and uses that background to tailor support around each person's goals and strengths. Her approach blends empathic listening and evidence-informed methods to help clients process intense emotions and build practical skills for daily life.

Audrey draws on Internal Family Systems to explore inner parts and relational patterns, and she integrates client-centered and cognitive-behavioral strategies to strengthen coping, communication, and decision-making. Mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy often appear in sessions to increase emotional regulation and resilience.

Audrey also has a history of working in educational environments and community mental health, which informs her understanding of developmental and systemic influences on wellbeing. She aims to collaborate with clients, highlight existing resources, and support steps toward more hopeful, manageable outcomes using a values-attuned and strengths-based stance.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Audrey incorporates Internal Family Systems to help clients explore inner parts and the roles they play in emotions and behavior; this approach can be useful for understanding patterns in relationships and personal responses. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where a person's values and goals guide the work, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and develop practical strategies for mood, anxiety, or stress-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Audrey works with each client to consider their needs, preferences, and goals and adapts methods over time so therapy stays relevant and effective for the individual’s situation.

Online therapy with Audrey is offered through a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allows flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to fit consistent care into a busy life and to continue work between sessions using tools and skills discussed during therapy.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns can Audrey address?
Audrey works with a wide range of issues including family and parenting challenges, relationship difficulties, self-esteem, career and vocational concerns, anxiety, stress, grief, compassion fatigue, and ADHD among other areas.
What is her general therapeutic style and approach?
Her style combines empathic, client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches to help clients gain insight and build coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional clinical experience across settings such as independent practice, community mental health, substance abuse clinics, and school environments.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with California license CA LMFT 107465 and practices in California.
Does she offer services in languages other than English or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability, and sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process for beginning therapy with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist 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