Works with
- Anger
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
How Regina works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Regina
Regina Phelps is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings nine years as an LMFT and a long background in social services to sessions. Regina focuses on helping people navigate anger, relationships, addiction, grief, and major life changes.
She meets each client where they are. Sessions are built around the person's current needs and goals, not a one-size-fits-all plan. Regina listens for practical patterns and offers clear, manageable steps to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Regina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions to change unhelpful patterns. She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small, doable changes that move someone toward their goals. Other methods are added when they fit the situation.
Her background includes individual, couples, and group work in both residential and outpatient settings. That variety shaped her focus on real-world coping skills, relapse prevention, and repairing strained relationships. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, codependency, veteran and armed forces issues, and compassion fatigue.
Regina aims for a straightforward, respectful style. She helps people make step-by-step changes and track progress. The goal is clearer choices, calmer responses, and better day-to-day functioning.
What Regina works with
Everything Regina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Regina's practice.
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Approaches Regina lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches to change in online sessions
Regina commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice how thoughts affect feelings and behavior, then try new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anger and anxiety. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, practical changes that lead toward a clearer goal and fewer repeating problems.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they choose methods and adjust them as progress is tracked during sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can fit into a busy day, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets someone reflect between sessions. These options help clients access regular support around work, caregiving, or other commitments while using CBT and solution-focused techniques in practical ways.
Questions people ask about Regina
What concerns does she help with?
She works with people facing anger, relationship struggles, addiction, grief, parenting stress, career shifts, trauma, self-esteem, and caregiver burnout.
What is her therapy style like?
She takes a person-centered, practical approach that focuses on immediate steps and coping skills. Sessions emphasize doable strategies and steady progress.
What experience does she bring?
She has nine years as an LMFT and many more years in social services, with experience in residential and outpatient settings and group work.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the state of California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time and works with clients located within the appropriate jurisdiction.
How are sessions conducted and what formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.