Terrie Pittman , LMFT

Terrie Pittman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 15 years of professional experience. She supports people navigating stress and anxiety, relationship challenges, grief and loss, and parenting concerns, helping them take practical steps toward a more satisfying life.

Terrie strives to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored honestly. She recognizes the courage it takes to seek change and offers steady support and empowerment throughout the process. Over the course of her career she has worked with diverse situations including pre-marital counseling, anger management, domestic violence, and marriage maintenance.

Her work also addresses attachment-related difficulties, blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, commitment concerns, communication problems, divorce and separation, infidelity, jealousy, and challenges with self-esteem and self-love. Terrie integrates approaches such as Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and the Gottman Method to tailor interventions to each person or family. She collaborates with clients to set goals, build skills, and strengthen healthier patterns of relating.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Sessions with an LMFT

Terrie uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationship patterns influence current connections and emotional responses - this approach can help with trust, closeness, and attachment issues in couples and families. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and build practical coping strategies. The Gottman Method offers concrete tools for improving communication and resolving recurring conflicts, making it useful for couples working through relationship strain or fidelity concerns.

Choosing the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. Terrie works collaboratively with each person or couple to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques over time to find the best fit.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexible access to care and makes it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or caregiving responsibilities. These formats allow licensed professionals to apply the same therapeutic techniques in ways that match a client's lifestyle and comfort, increasing accessibility and continuity of care.