Rev. Phillip Deming

Rev. Phillip Deming is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 25 years of experience. She offers calm, steady support for people facing grief, stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and the challenges that come with chronic illness and caregiving.

She keeps sessions straightforward and focused. Sessions are a place to talk through feelings, get practical coping skills, and sort out priorities. She welcomes clients who want to bring spiritual beliefs into their healing and respects those beliefs without imposing them.

Her background includes long-term clinical work with people affected by loss, addiction, trauma, and chronic health issues. That experience shapes a practical approach that blends listening with tools clients can use between sessions. She draws on client-centered methods to keep conversations grounded in each person's values.

Phillip also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques when helpful, teaching ways to shift unhelpful thoughts and manage intense emotions. Narrative and mindfulness practices are added to help people reframe difficult stories and build calm routines.

She aims to support parents, caregivers, and individuals dealing with family conflict, abandonment wounds, or life transitions such as aging and serious illness. The work is collaborative: goals are set together and checked regularly to make sure progress feels real.

To begin, visitors are invited to follow the site's Start Therapy process and complete a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling is then arranged according to the therapist's availability.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building goals that matter to the client. The therapist follows each person’s lead, encouraging honest talk and helping people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior; it offers simple exercises to change unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills for handling intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without making things worse.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each client about needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest approaches to try. That process is collaborative, and methods can be adjusted as therapy moves forward.

Please confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, cut out travel time, and allow quicker check-ins when things feel urgent. Different approaches lend themselves to different session rhythms: CBT often includes short exercises to try between meetings, while DBT may focus on practicing skills during sessions. Licensed professionals aim to make sessions useful and practical for everyday life.