Audrey Teshima , LMFT

Audrey Teshima is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. She works with people facing parenting and family concerns, career strain, stress and anxiety, grief, and issues with self-esteem. Her approach aims to make therapy clear and usable so clients can take small steps forward.

Audrey brings ten years of clinical experience that include work in private practice, community mental health and substance abuse clinics, and the school system. She also has a background as a public school teacher, which informs how she explains ideas and supports parents. That experience gives her familiarity with school-related concerns and with communicating to caregivers and educators.

In sessions she combines client-centered methods with structured techniques from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapy. She also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people identify goals and practice new skills. Her focus is on what the client wants to change and on building strength and resilience over time.

Audrey integrates personal values into care when clients request that perspective, and she aims to walk alongside people as they sort through difficult feelings. She favors clear, goal-focused work that connects daily choices to longer-term wellbeing.

People who prefer practical tools, steady support, and straightforward conversation may find her style approachable. Therapy can include short skills practice, problem-solving around relationships and parenting, and planning for career or life transitions.

Approaches that translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's own goals and priorities. It involves active listening, reflective conversation, and helping people name what matters most to them. This approach is useful for building trust and clarifying next steps in areas like parenting, relationships, and self-esteem.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical ways to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. It often uses short exercises and planning between sessions, which adapts well to video or messaging formats for step-by-step progress. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds skills for emotion regulation and coping when stress feels overwhelming, with concrete strategies people can practice in daily life.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Audrey will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning helps shape what gets practiced in and between sessions so therapy stays focused and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier and more flexible. Video is good for in-depth conversation and skills coaching, phone can fit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat allow brief updates and ongoing support between appointments. These options let people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.