Therese Schmoll

Therese Schmoll is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of experience. She offers a calm, practical approach that often uses mindfulness to help people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship strain. Therese listens closely and helps people find small, usable changes they can try between sessions.

Therese earned her degree from Pepperdine University School of Education and Psychology with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy. Over three decades she has worked across mental health and human services, helping people facing depression, addictions, grief, trauma, and eating or sleeping concerns. Her background includes supporting people through major life changes and work-related compassion fatigue.

In sessions she blends mindfulness with client-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas. That looks like grounding practices, clear goal-setting, and talking through unhelpful thoughts to test them against real life. She also draws on attachment-based and existential perspectives to help people clarify values and repair patterns in close relationships.

Therese aims to make therapy straightforward and practical. People who come to her for help with parenting stress, intimacy issues, ADHD challenges, or career and financial worries usually work on specific skills and real-world steps. She frames therapy as a collaborative process where small shifts lead to bigger changes.

Therese is licensed in California as an LMFT. Sessions are conducted in English. To begin, readers should use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How Therese’s Approaches Work Online

Therese often combines Mindfulness Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy in her work. Mindfulness Therapy focuses on simple attention and breathing practices that help reduce reactivity and manage anxiety or stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people notice how past bonds shape current responses. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person's own goals guide the work.

Choosing an approach is part of the process and she treats it as collaborative. Together they review goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. That way the work stays tailored to a person's needs and preferences rather than following a fixed recipe.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and daily routines. Online meetings can reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to keep continuity during life transitions. The therapist will help arrange sessions that match scheduling needs and therapeutic goals.