Annette Malijen , LMFT

Annette Malijen is a California-licensed therapist with 25 years of professional experience who approaches each client with sensitivity and respect. She holds an LMFT credential - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - and draws on a long career supporting people through a wide range of life challenges. Her work emphasizes compassion and practical strategies, and she shapes conversations and treatment plans to fit each person’s unique circumstances.

Annette has helped clients manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and navigate relationship difficulties and depression. She also works with issues related to trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy, eating and sleeping, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. Whether addressing family dynamics, LGBT concerns, or the demands of major life changes, she combines evidence-based techniques with a client-centered attitude that values each person’s experience. Beginning therapy can take courage, and she acknowledges the significance of that first step while guiding clients toward clear, personalized goals.

Approach-Focused Online Therapy with Annette Malijen

Annette Malijen, LMFT, uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive environment where clients’ perspectives and choices guide the work; this approach helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, relationship concerns, or life transitions feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is also a core part of her practice and focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practical skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and behaviors related to addictions or anger.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Annette collaborates with clients to determine which methods best fit their goals, preferences, and needs. She tailors treatment plans over time, combining client-centered listening with targeted CBT strategies when appropriate to support measurable progress.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules or connect across distances. These options allow licensed professionals to provide ongoing support, adapt session formats to individual comfort levels, and maintain continuity of care even when in-person meetings are not possible.