Russell Pippin, LMFT

Russell Pippin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California with more than 30 years of clinical experience. He has worked in private practice, at a county behavioral health agency, and served as a clinical supervisor for an agency that provides school systems with mental health services, bringing a breadth of settings and supervisory perspective to his work.

He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Christian Education from Simpson Bible College in San Francisco in 1982 and a Master’s degree in Counseling with a focus on Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling from Fresno State University in 1994. His approach draws on a range of methods including client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, EMDR, Imago couples work, solution-focused strategies, and mindfulness-based practices.

Over five decades his personal faith has been an important influence and motivates his commitment to empower people to recognize their strengths, address past hurts, and pursue meaningful change. He focuses on areas such as stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationships and family concerns, grief, career and workplace issues, and challenges like control issues, forgiveness, midlife transitions, and mood and panic disorders. He is licensed as LMFT 40133 - LMFT stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist listens closely and supports the client’s own process of growth and self-understanding. This approach can be helpful for people working on self-esteem, coping with life changes, or seeking a reflective space to explore feelings.

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a specialized method used to help people process and reduce the emotional impact of traumatic memories. It is often applied when trauma or post-traumatic stress symptoms are present and can be integrated with other therapeutic work.

Imago Relationship Therapy focuses on improving communication and connection between partners by exploring patterns that emerge in relationships and guiding couples toward more conscious interaction. It is especially useful for couples who want to address recurring conflicts and rebuild understanding.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Russell Pippin works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts care as those needs evolve.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer practical flexibility, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to maintain continuity of care from different locations. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver consistent therapeutic support and to tailor communication styles to each client’s comfort and needs.