About Russell
Russell Pippin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California with three decades of clinical work. He has worked in independent practice, county behavioral health, and as a clinical supervisor providing mental health services to school systems.
Background and approach
Russell brings a steady, faith-informed commitment to helping people move toward healthier lives. Russell focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, and grief.
He also helps with relationship and family concerns, workplace issues, and life transitions. He meets people where they are and uses clear, straightforward talk to identify what needs to change.
In sessions he draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding. He also uses EMDR and mindfulness techniques when they fit a person’s goals.
Imago-related work guides his approach to communication and relationship patterns. His style is calm and practical.
He aims to create an open, honest conversation about goals and next steps. Many people come wanting relief from panic, low mood, control struggles, or midlife questions, and work with him to build steady routines and coping skills.
Russell’s background includes a master’s degree in counseling with a focus on marriage, family, and child counseling. He is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).
He offers therapy in English and works with typical adult concerns rooted in relationships, trauma, and life change.
Approaches that translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. Online, this looks like steady, respectful conversations that help a person name priorities and make small changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to test and change unhelpful patterns; it adapts well to video sessions and short skill-focused messages.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and decide together which methods to try. That collaborative process means techniques can shift over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can handle brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English