- Art and play
- Brief practical tasks
- Existential focus
About Louis
Dr. Louis Buchhold is a California-based licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with more than two decades of clinical experience. He holds a doctorate in counseling psychology and two master’s degrees, including one in art therapy. He describes his work as experiential and existential, and he encourages people to draw on their own strengths when facing hard times.
He uses art, sand play, psychodrama, and other experiential methods alongside brief therapy and cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions often include practical, self-driven assignments that extend progress beyond the therapy hour. He frames clients as the experts in their own lives and supports them in making concrete changes.
Dr. Buchhold has worked with people managing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, grief, intimacy issues, and depression. He also notes experience with LGBTQ concerns, alternative relationship arrangements, and sexual behavior issues such as process and sex addiction. He mentions additional interest in aging, chronic illness, codependency, and social anxiety.
His style blends a direct practical focus with existential questions about meaning and self-direction. He aims to help people clarify their goals, try small changes, and build on what works. Progress is often tracked through brief tasks and follow-up discussion.
Sessions are conducted in English and follow the therapist’s clinical approaches. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking and can expect a collaborative process that emphasizes skill practice and personal insight.
He uses art, sand play, psychodrama, and other experiential methods alongside brief therapy and cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions often include practical, self-driven assignments that extend progress beyond the therapy hour. He frames clients as the experts in their own lives and supports them in making concrete changes.
Dr. Buchhold has worked with people managing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, grief, intimacy issues, and depression. He also notes experience with LGBTQ concerns, alternative relationship arrangements, and sexual behavior issues such as process and sex addiction. He mentions additional interest in aging, chronic illness, codependency, and social anxiety.
His style blends a direct practical focus with existential questions about meaning and self-direction. He aims to help people clarify their goals, try small changes, and build on what works. Progress is often tracked through brief tasks and follow-up discussion.
Sessions are conducted in English and follow the therapist’s clinical approaches. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking and can expect a collaborative process that emphasizes skill practice and personal insight.
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