Marti Tourville, LMFT
Compassionate, practical therapy for relationship and identity concerns
About Marti
Marti Tourville is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She focuses on supporting people through relationship strain, trauma, depression, and challenges related to LGBT identity.
Background and approach
Marti emphasizes a straightforward, compassionate approach and treats each person as the expert on their own life. She believes most people already have strengths they can use to face hard moments.
Sessions aim to build on those strengths while working through painful memories, communication breakdowns, or periods of deep sadness. Marti frames therapy as practical work you do together, not a lecture or one-size-fits-all plan.
Marti draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help clients manage symptoms and build clearer patterns of thinking and relating. She pays attention to attachment and communication habits that keep people stuck.
That often means practicing new ways to talk, set boundaries, or soothe intense emotions. People who come for help with sexuality or identity questions find a nonjudgmental space to talk.
Those dealing with workplace stress or social anxiety get concrete tools to reduce worry and perform better at work and in social settings. Marti also supports people wrestling with guilt, shame, or a search for life purpose.
Her work is practical and collaborative. She helps people set realistic goals and checks progress as therapy continues.
Marti brings four years of clinical experience as a California licensed marriage and family therapist and offers sessions in English.
Evidence-based approaches for online support
Marti uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skill building and changing unhelpful patterns. One common approach she uses helps people identify and shift thoughts and behaviors that worsen mood and anxiety. That work includes simple exercises to notice thought patterns and try small behavioral experiments.Another method focuses on attachment and communication. This approach looks at how past relationship patterns shape current reactions and teaches practical ways to express needs, set boundaries, and repair ruptures. It can be helpful for people who feel stuck in repeating the same conflicts.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. Clients and therapist set goals together and check progress over time to find the best fit for each person’s needs.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients share thoughts between sessions or use therapy without being on camera. These options aim to make regular work on goals easier to fit into busy lives.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English