Randall Ramirez, LMFT, LCSW
Experienced therapist focusing on relationships and healing
Details
| Name | Randall Ramirez |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT, LCSW |
| Based in | California |
| Licensed in | California |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Years in practice | 40 |
About Randall
Randall Ramirez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. He brings 40 years of experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, parenting, and depression. He speaks English and Spanish and offers care to people inside and outside the United States.
Randall focuses on early attachment, complex trauma, and relationships. He pays attention to how culture and background shape what feels safe and meaningful.
Background and approach
In sessions he listens for patterns from a person9s past that affect how they relate now. Randall draws on Narrative approaches to help people tell their stories differently. He uses attachment-based ideas to look at important relationships.
He also uses client-centered and cognitive behavioral methods to address thoughts, behaviors, and feelings in practical ways. His background spans direct clinical work and leadership roles across behavioral health, social services, residential programs, and health care. He founded and chaired a regional roundtable on attachment that brought together professionals and parents to study attachment questions and research-based practices.
Randall is an adoptive father who has offered parent-to-parent support through a faith-based group for families with special needs. That lived experience informs his work with parents, men, and people navigating caregiving and long-term health challenges.
What this therapist works with
His listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief among the things Randall works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in his listing among his approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Randall among the ways he works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Randall among the ways he works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Randall among the ways he works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Randall among the ways he works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Randall among the ways he works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Randall among the ways he works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Randall among the ways he works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Randall among the ways he works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Randall among the ways he works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Randall among the ways he works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Randall directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how he works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Randall directly how he uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approach-driven care available online
The practice uses Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from problem stories and see different possibilities. Narrative work supports people facing grief, life purpose questions, and complex relationship patterns by re-authoring how their life events are understood.Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at how early bonds shape current relationships. This approach helps with parenting concerns, fatherhood issues, feelings of abandonment, and patterns of closeness or distance in adult relationships.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to match methods to their goals, values, and comfort. Together they adjust what they try over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for a full conversation, phone can be a simpler fallback with lower bandwidth, and messaging supports brief check-ins or work between sessions. These options aim to fit therapy into busy routines and different locations.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Randall commonly address?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, and depression. He also focuses on issues like attachment, abandonment, guilt and shame, and multicultural concerns.
How would you describe his therapy style?
He blends Narrative, attachment-based, client-centered, and cognitive behavioral ideas. Sessions often involve telling and reframing stories, exploring relationship patterns, and working on practical thinking and behavior changes.
What kind of background does he bring to sessions?
He has 40 years of professional experience in clinical work and program leadership across behavioral health and social services. He has led interdisciplinary groups studying attachment and practice models.
Where is he licensed and practicing?
He holds California licenses as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He practices from California and lists those credentials as LMFT and LCSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. He also accepts clients from outside the United States.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That range allows shorter check-ins or full conversational sessions depending on needs.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions based on the therapist9s availability.
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