Todd Mangini, LMFT

Todd Mangini is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 20 years of professional experience. He uses a straightforward, compassionate style to help people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and life transitions. Todd is a 67-year-old gay man and uses he/him pronouns. He helps people talk through parenting challenges and caregiver stress, including the strain of supporting aging relatives or loved ones with serious mental illness. Todd also works with concerns such as addiction, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and intimacy-related issues. He pays attention to how thoughts, feelings, and the body connect in everyday life. In sessions he focuses on practical steps that people can try between meetings. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. He also uses client-centered and mindfulness approaches to help people notice their experience and build self-compassion. Todd aims to make the therapy space open and nonjudgmental so people can say what’s on their mind. He encourages small experiments and clear goals so progress is visible. Conversations are basic and direct, focused on what will help the person feel more capable and hopeful. Starting therapy, in his view, is an act of courage. Todd offers steady support while people explore changes, repair relationships with themselves and others, and work toward clearer direction in life.

How Todd brings CBT and client-centered care online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and creating a respectful atmosphere where people can talk without judgment. It helps when someone needs acceptance and a steady listener while sorting through difficult feelings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood and behavior. It uses simple exercises and small experiments to test new ways of thinking and to reduce anxiety, depression, or unhelpful habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Todd will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they decide whether CBT, client-centered work, mindfulness, or a mix fits best. The choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging offer quick ways to touch base or work through writing-based exercises between appointments. These options give flexibility for scheduling, follow-up, and keeping therapy consistent even when life gets crowded.