Dr. Tammy Occhipinti, LMFT

Dr. Tammy Occhipinti is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 22 years of professional experience in California. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. She also supports those coping with life transitions, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, and self-esteem struggles.

Her approach is collaborative and respectful. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals rather than jargon. Conversations and plans are tailored to each person's situation and values, with attention to what is useful in day-to-day life.

Dr. Occhipinti draws on a mix of methods to match a client's needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take committed action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Client-centered work emphasizes empathy and the client's own pace in finding solutions.

She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing strong emotions and improving coping, and existential ideas when people are wrestling with meaning and life direction. These approaches are blended into a practical plan rather than a fixed protocol.

People who come to her can expect straightforward feedback, tools for coping, and space to talk through hard decisions. The first sessions are often about building trust and agreeing on focused steps to try between meetings. Ongoing work is adjusted based on what proves most helpful.

Approaches you can access online and how they help

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people name what matters to them and take small, practical steps toward those values even when feelings are hard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on noticing thought and behavior patterns and trying different actions to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience, with the therapist offering empathic listening and gentle reflection to support self-directed change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining techniques across approaches and adjusting the plan as progress is observed.

Confirm the specific session options before booking, since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions to happen from familiar surroundings. It can also make shorter check-ins or follow-up sessions easier to schedule around work or caregiving. Licensed professionals will discuss what cadence and session length make sense and adapt tools and exercises so they work in remote meetings.