Camilla Ford , LMFT

Camilla Ford is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 25 years of clinical experience supporting individuals, children, couples, and families. She holds a degree from Stanford and a Master’s in Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and she brings a warm, attentive presence to people facing crisis, transition, or the desire for healing, growth, clarity, and stronger connection.

Her work spans a variety of settings including day treatment programs, schools, hospitals, and private practice, giving her a broad perspective on the challenges clients bring. Camilla emphasizes compassionate listening and guidance, helping clients identify and use their own resources to reach meaningful goals. She practices from a humanistic, person-centered orientation and draws on the family systems ideas of Murray Bowen and the therapeutic principles of Virginia Satir and Carl Rogers.

Camilla’s approach is strengths-focused and collaborative - she partners with clients to explore creative solutions and build practical skills. She honors the courage it takes to seek help and aims to treat each person with respect and warmth. Her goal is to support people as they pursue greater well-being and to help them "live well and be happy".

Person-Centered and Family Systems Approaches for Online Care

Camilla Ford uses a person-centered approach that emphasizes empathetic listening and supporting each person to access their own strengths and goals. This style helps with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, and life transitions by creating space for clients to explore what matters most to them.

She also draws on family systems ideas that look at patterns between family members and relationships. Family systems work can be useful for couples, parenting challenges, intimacy issues, and family conflict by identifying interactions that keep problems in place and opening pathways to healthier connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process - Camilla collaborates with clients to determine which techniques best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they adapt methods as learning and change occur.

Offering sessions by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging makes therapy more flexible and accessible. These options allow licensed professionals to work with clients from different locations and schedules, making it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing daily life.