Therapist profile
Rev. Phillip Deming, LMFT
Licensed MFT - family and parenting support
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- Client-centered care
- Cognitive behavioral tools
- Mindfulness and DBT skills
About Phillip
Rev. Phillip Deming is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction concerns, and relationship and family difficulties. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, sleep problems, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue.
She prefers plain conversation and straightforward tools. Sessions focus on understanding what is happening at home and finding small, practical changes that reduce daily strain. When useful, she will include clients' spiritual beliefs in sessions and does so without imposing any particular faith.
Her background includes long-term work with people facing chronic illness and caregiving stress. She has experience addressing family-of-origin problems, blended family concerns, abandonment issues, and communication problems. She also supports people coping with cancer, aging and geriatric issues, and the emotional fallout of divorce and separation.
Clinically she draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, mindfulness practices, and narrative approaches. That mix lets her pair skill-building with reflective conversation. She uses CBT-style tools for thinking and behavior patterns and mindfulness or DBT skills when emotions run high.
People who meet with her can expect clear, practical conversation about everyday life at home. Her work is aimed at helping an individual reduce overwhelm, improve communication, and build manageable routines that fit their life.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Client-centered therapy starts by listening to what matters most to the person and shaping sessions around their concerns. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental place to talk through family strain, parenting stress, or grief.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behavior. It is practical for anxiety, sleep problems, and patterns that make daily routines harder to keep. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers short, teachable skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication during conflict. It can be useful when stress or strong feelings make interactions at home more difficult.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as progress is made or new issues arise.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It also lets people use mindfulness exercises and skill practice in the moments they actually happen in daily life, which can make skills easier to apply.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does she address related to home life?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family problems, grief, parenting issues, and the effects of chronic illness on family dynamics.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is straightforward and conversational, mixing client-centered listening with practical tools from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and narrative approaches.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of professional experience working with people on relationship, family, and health-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, CA LMFT, practicing in California.
Can I meet with her if English is not my first language?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are session formats arranged?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How does billing and cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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