Rev. Phillip Deming, LMFT

Rev. Phillip Deming is a licensed marriage and family therapist who centers sessions on the person in front of her. She uses listening and gentle questioning to help people untangle stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship pain. Her approach aims to make talking about hard things easier and more direct.

With 25 years of practice in California, she has supported people facing chronic illness, caregiving strain, addiction, and the emotional fallout of separation and loss. She also helps clients manage mood struggles, sleep disruption, and the everyday wearing effects of burnout and compassion fatigue. Her work includes support for people in the LGBT community and those coping with trauma and abuse.

She creates time in sessions for clients to name what matters and to test small changes. Techniques draw on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, and mindfulness practices. Narrative approaches are used to help people reframe stories that keep them stuck.

Spiritual beliefs can be included when a client wants that connection. She welcomes discussions of faith while avoiding any pressure to accept specific doctrines. Over the years she has also worked with military members and their families in ways that respect their routines and culture.

Her style is straightforward and calm. The goal is clearer thinking, more manageable feelings, and practical steps you can try between sessions. If you think this approach might fit, review the session options and reach out to begin the matching process.

Approach-driven online care and practical tools

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and experience, giving space to be heard and to decide what matters. It helps when someone wants a respectful, nonjudgmental place to sort through feelings and choices. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) aims to identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors with small experiments between sessions; this can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and sleep problems. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness when stress feels overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose and adjust methods based on goals, needs, and what feels most helpful. That process can include trying techniques from more than one approach until a good fit emerges.

Please confirm available session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make scheduling easier and help sessions fit around work, caregiving, or medical appointments. It also allows shorter check-ins when people need a quick review, and it reduces travel time so therapy can be maintained during busy seasons.