About Kelli
Kelli Bouscher is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who uses attachment-focused work and practical tools to help people change patterns that cause pain. She leans on relational approaches and skill-based strategies to help clients feel more grounded and connected. Kelli blends client-centered listening with structured methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.
Sessions aim to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and then practice different ways of responding.
How Kelli works
She emphasizes strengthening relationships and improving communication when that is part of the concern. Her background includes nine years of clinical experience in a variety of settings. That time has given her exposure to clients facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and problems with self-esteem.
Kelli also works with issues tied to abandonment, attachment patterns, codependency, and family of origin concerns. In therapy she uses gentle curiosity to map patterns that repeat across relationships and life choices. She helps people build coping skills, manage strong emotions, and set practical goals.
Sessions balance listening with concrete tools and homework when helpful. Kelli supports work on relationship struggles such as communication problems and commitment worries. She also offers focused help for addiction-related concerns, body image struggles, dissociation, and separation after divorce.
Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Kelli lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Kelli works with
The areas below are the ones Kelli selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How attachment work and skills-based therapy translate online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. It helps people notice patterns in closeness, trust, and separation, and learn new ways to connect. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical steps to change upsetting thought patterns and unhelpful behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that can help when feelings feel overwhelming. Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest approaches that fit. That plan can change as needs evolve, and you and the therapist will check in to see what is helping. Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you practice communication and observe nonverbal cues like in-person sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skill coaching between sessions, and when a written record of strategies is helpful. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain consistent work on goals.Start online instead of waiting
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