Richard Alongi, LMFT

His style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at making next steps feel doable for worried parents and busy adults. With 36 years of practice in California, Richard focuses on concrete concerns like substance use, grief, anger, depression, and life transitions.

He also addresses more specific patterns such as abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, and avoidant personality traits. Sessions aim to identify what’s keeping someone stuck and to build small changes that matter in day-to-day life.

Richard uses tools from attachment-based work and emotionally-focused approaches to help people notice patterns in relationships. He blends those with client-centered and Jungian ideas to tailor conversations to each person’s story.

Imago-informed perspectives appear when relational patterns need clearer language and mapping. His approach is to listen first, then create a plan together that fits the client’s goals.

He emphasizes practical strategies, short-term problem solving, and deeper work when needed. The result is a mix of skills practice and thoughtful reflection.

People often come to him for coaching through career change, coping with caregiving stress, managing ADHD-related challenges, or navigating intimacy and kink-related concerns. He aims to make therapy useful and understandable from the very first sessions.