Kennia Torres, LMFT

Kennia Torres is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who centers her work on helping people navigate major life changes and emotional strain. She brings 14 years of experience to sessions and focuses on practical tools to manage stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, depression, grief, and relationship and intimacy concerns.

Clients can expect straightforward, compassionate conversation that clarifies how feelings, thoughts, and actions connect. She listens without judgement and helps people name reactions that get in the way of daily functioning. The approach emphasizes learning coping skills for better emotional regulation and clearer communication.

Her work addresses codependency, abandonment issues, caregiver stress, and family of origin problems alongside substance misuse and recovery challenges. She also supports people facing emptiness, commitment or control issues, and the fallout of divorce or separation. Trauma, dissociation, and disruptive mood patterns are included among the concerns she helps people understand.

Kennia uses a mix of therapies to fit each person’s needs, drawing on acceptance-based methods, cognitive and behavioral techniques, and dialectical skills to build new responses. Motivational interviewing and narrative elements help when someone is ready to change habits or reframe painful stories.

She offers services in both English and Spanish from her practice in California. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that fits their availability.

Practical approaches for online work and life changes

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choosing actions that match what matters to you. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with major life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches straightforward skills to change unhelpful habits and reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can be useful for intense emotions and relationship stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and can combine ideas from different approaches as needed. Expect the plan to be revised over time based on what helps most.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins can work around a workday, and audio-only meetings use less bandwidth when connections are limited. Many people find remote sessions helpful for keeping momentum between appointments and practicing skills in real time.