About Louis
Dr. Louis Buchhold is a California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 22 years of clinical experience. He brings a doctorate in counseling psychology alongside graduate degrees that inform a broad approach to emotional and behavioral concerns.
He speaks English and offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or messaging. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Addictions and sexuality-related concerns such as sex addiction, process addiction, polyamory and kink are also part of his focus.
How Louis works
He aims to meet clients where they are and build from each person’s strengths. His style blends client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy. He also draws on existential ideas about meaning and motivation, and uses brief, goal-focused work when that suits a person’s needs.
Sessions often include homework or small experiments to try between meetings. Dr. Buchhold has experience with aging and geriatric issues, chronic pain and illness, HIV/AIDS, men’s issues, and social anxiety.
He also supports people working through isolation, forgiveness, and relationship concerns within non-traditional relationship structures. People who prefer a therapist who listens closely and offers direct, usable steps tend to find his approach helpful. He frames therapy as a collaborative process and focuses on realistic, step-by-step changes.
To begin, clients choose a session format and schedule that fits their routine.
Louis lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Louis works with
The areas below are the ones Louis selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that shape online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and helping people identify their own goals. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so clients can notice their strengths and choose next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It emphasizes simple, practical exercises and small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety, depression, and addictive patterns.
Existential therapy helps people explore meaning, values, and life choices when they feel stuck or uncertain. It can be useful for questions about identity, purpose, and difficult transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their concerns, goals, and personal style. Plans are adjusted as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online sessions come in several formats: video calls for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for short check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support. These options make scheduling easier, allow therapy during work breaks or from different locations, and let people choose the communication style that works best for them.
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