Cynthia Cunningham , LMFT

Cynthia Cunningham is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 27 years of clinical experience. She draws on long personal recovery - 35 years sober - and lived experience with co-dependency and love addiction to relate to people facing similar struggles. Cynthia speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel practical and achievable for people under stress.

She commonly helps with addictions, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, and trouble coping with life changes. Cynthia also supports people working through relationship pain, intimacy issues, grief, low self-esteem, and anger. She uses straightforward methods so clients can see small changes that add up.

Cynthia blends cognitive behavioral techniques with attachment-informed and client-centered approaches. Sessions focus on real-life skills - setting boundaries, managing panic or depressive symptoms, and changing unhelpful patterns in relationships. She invites clients to guide the pace and priorities of therapy so work matches their goals.

People often come for help with sleep and eating concerns, career stress, or ADHD-related struggles alongside mood symptoms. Cynthia also addresses body image, codependency, caregiver strain, blended-family stress, and other overlapping issues. She explains steps clearly and offers practical tools to try between sessions.

Her style is direct but compassionate. She describes herself as a companion on the journey rather than an authority. Clients who appreciate plain language, long-term experience, and a focus on changing habits may find her approach a good fit.

How Cynthia’s Approaches Work Online

Cynthia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-based action. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and making changes that matter in everyday life.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect adult bonds and reactions. This approach helps people understand connection and rebuild trust in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cynthia collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She checks in about what’s working and adjusts the focus so therapy stays useful and relevant.

Online formats offer flexible ways to keep therapy consistent. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging can help maintain contact between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue progress across different settings.