Randi Butwin is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who focuses on relationship and identity concerns. She helps people who want clearer boundaries, stronger self-worth, and healthier connections. Her work is aimed at teens and adults navigating relationship change and personal growth.
Randi often meets with people leaving harmful relationships with partners, family members, or friend groups. She draws on straightforward conversation to help clients name what they want and plan steps toward it. She also supports people working on self esteem, parenting stress, anxiety, and life transitions.
Her background includes work in hospice supporting end-of-life and bereavement needs, school-based counseling with children, teens, and parents, and a community clinic serving transitional youth who had to cut ties with family. She has also provided therapy in independent practice settings focused on couples work.
Randi uses approaches that center the client and their story. Sessions tend to focus on listening, identifying patterns, and trying practical changes that fit everyday life. She encourages clients to build on their own strengths and values while testing small, manageable steps between sessions.
With three years of professional experience, she combines experience across different settings to tailor care to each person's situation. People looking for help with relationship challenges, identity development, or improving self esteem may find her approach direct and collaborative.
How Randi's approaches shape online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in the room, using empathic listening and reflection to help people clarify their goals and make choices that fit their lives. It is useful for identity work, self esteem, and relationship change.
The Gottman Method provides practical tools for communicating and managing conflict in close relationships. It emphasizes specific skills couples can practice to improve connection and reduce harmful cycles.
Motivational Interviewing helps people resolve mixed feelings about change by naming their values and building motivation. It is often useful when someone is weighing a major life shift or wants to follow through on a new plan.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying different strategies and adjusting based on how well they work for the client.
For practical session details, confirm the current session options before booking so they match your schedule and needs. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Licensed professionals use these benefits to help people carry progress into everyday routines.
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She works with relationship issues, identity development, and self esteem challenges. She also addresses stress, anxiety, parenting, ADHD, and intimacy-related concerns.
What is her approach in therapy sessions?
Randi uses client-centered work alongside methods like the Gottman approach, motivational interviewing, and narrative ideas. Sessions focus on listening, naming patterns, and trying practical steps between meetings.
What experience does she bring?
She has three years of clinical experience across hospice, school settings, a community clinic for transitional youth, and independent practice with couples. That range informs how she helps with relationship change and bereavement.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted. She works with clients located in California.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the scheduling process.
How do I start a first session?
Select the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability to begin the process.