Audrey TeshimaLMFT

Audrey Teshima is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She focuses on common life stressors like parenting, relationship strain, career shifts, anxiety, grief, and the everyday pressures that come with raising a family or changing roles.

She brings about 10 years of clinical experience alongside a background in public school teaching. That mix shapes her practical, down-to-earth approach to problems that affect home life and work life. Sessions tend to center on clear goals and small, doable steps people can try between meetings.

Her style blends client-centered listening with strategies from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit. Audrey aims to help people recognize patterns, manage stress, and build practical skills for better communication and self-care.

Audrey integrates faith perspectives when clients want that included, offering gentle guidance grounded in Christian principles. She emphasizes strengths and resilience while helping people process the emotions tied to hard transitions. The tone in sessions is supportive and goal-oriented, with attention to real-life constraints.

People often work on improving communication, managing anxiety, sorting parenting or co-parenting challenges, or navigating career decisions. Audrey encourages small changes that add up to steadier routines and clearer priorities. To start, prospective clients are asked to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. It helps people feel heard and guides the work around their priorities rather than a fixed agenda.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. It includes practical exercises and homework to change unhelpful thinking and manage anxiety, stress, or low mood.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. It can be useful for people who want structure and concrete tools for coping in hard moments.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match goals, needs, and preferences. That process can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan over time.

Confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can help people practice skills between meetings and adapt exercises to everyday life so therapy tools are useful outside session time.