Dylan Perese, LMFT

Dylan Perese is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Dylan offers a calm, accepting presence and listens first to understand what matters to each person.

He blends practical tools with space for personal meaning and spiritual concerns. Sessions often include tracking thoughts and behaviors, learning new coping skills, and trying small experiments between meetings. Journaling between sessions is commonly encouraged to notice patterns and make steady progress.

Dylan draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and client-centered methods to shape a plan with each person. He also integrates elements from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and the Gottman Method when relationship work is helpful. The focus is on what is useful for the person in front of him, not on labels or diagnoses.

With three years of clinical experience, he aims for clear, practical steps people can use right away. He places value on the client’s beliefs and spiritual experiences and makes room for those topics when they matter to healing. Sessions are conversational and focused on concrete change.

People who want to address mood, shame, communication problems, life purpose, or coping after loss may find this approach helpful. Dylan conducts sessions in English and offers a range of online formats to fit different schedules.

Approaches for Online Work and Practical Skills

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and change behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and many everyday stresses by focusing on clear steps and experiments to try between sessions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, invites people to clarify their values and take action toward them while learning to accept difficult feelings. This approach can help with life transitions, grief, and finding purpose when feelings are intense or confusing.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist follows the person’s lead. This creates space to explore spiritual beliefs or personal meaning alongside practical skill-building.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and may combine methods to fit what each person needs. Together they decide which techniques to practice and how to adapt them for online work.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options provide flexibility so therapy can continue around work, family, or other commitments.