Rev. Phillip Deming, LMFT

Rev. Phillip Deming is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on practical, actionable ways to reduce worry, improve relationships, and manage life stress. Phillip speaks plainly and listens carefully so clients feel heard and respected.

She often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep problems going. Client-centered methods guide sessions so clients set the pace and focus on what matters most to them. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness techniques when emotions run high.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, sleep struggles, parenting strain, and ADHD. She helps people facing family conflict, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and the fallout from separation or divorce. She also supports those coping with abandonment issues, attachment problems, and challenges tied to cancer or aging.

Sessions can include exploring personal stories through narrative therapy to make sense of painful experiences and discover strengths. Phillip is comfortable including a client's spiritual beliefs in therapy when requested and does so without imposing her own views. She aims to help people find tools they can use between sessions to feel more steady and engaged in daily life.

Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She meets clients where they are and works with them to build clearer thinking, better communication, and more effective coping skills.

Common approaches applied to online therapy

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, helps clients notice patterns of thinking that increase anxiety or low mood and then practice clearer, more helpful thoughts and behaviors. It often focuses on concrete steps that can reduce worry, improve sleep, or change unhelpful habits.

Client-centered therapy prioritizes the client's own goals and pace. The therapist offers attentive listening and reflection so people feel understood and can decide what changes to try. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion-regulation, distress-tolerance, and interpersonal skills that are useful when feelings feel overwhelming or relationships are strained.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each client about their goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan as progress and needs become clearer. This collaborative process helps match tools to what actually helps the client day to day.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief updates and ongoing reflection between meetings. These options give flexibility to use therapy in ways that fit schedules and comfort levels.