Randi Butwin , LMFT

Randi Butwin is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on relationship and identity concerns. She works with teens and adults who are navigating changes in their close relationships or figuring out who they are. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping people take small, clear steps toward better connection and self-understanding.

Randi draws on her experience across several settings to guide her approach. She has supported people through end-of-life and bereavement needs in hospice, worked in a school setting with children, teens, and parents, and provided care at a community clinic for transitional youth. She has also offered couples therapy in private practice, which shaped her interest in relationship dynamics.

In sessions she helps clients untangle patterns that keep them stuck. That can mean improving communication, rebuilding self-esteem after hurt, or navigating polyamory and non-monogamous arrangements. She also addresses concerns like gender dysphoria, sexuality, and issues common in LGBT experience and women’s issues.

Randi uses client-centered conversations, relationship-focused tools, and narrative techniques to help people make choices that fit their values. She also applies motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

She is based in California and holds a California licensed marriage and family therapist credential, LMFT. Sessions are offered in English and are aimed at helping people find practical ways forward with their relationships and sense of self.

How these approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person’s experience without judgment. It helps people clarify their goals and build on their own strengths, which is useful for relationship and identity work.

The Gottman Method provides practical communication tools and exercises for partners to improve how they talk and solve problems. It is helpful for couples wanting to change patterns that lead to recurring conflict.

Motivational Interviewing is about exploring readiness for change in a gentle, nonpressuring way. It supports people who are unsure about steps like ending a relationship, starting therapy for ADHD symptoms, or making lifestyle shifts.

Finding the right method is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each person to choose or blend approaches that match their goals, history, and preferences. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted over time as needs change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make sessions easier to fit into busy lives. Video helps preserve visual cues for relationship work, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options aim to offer flexibility while focusing on progress and practical steps.