About Portia
Portia Reddy is a licensed marriage and family therapist who brings 16 years of California practice to her work. She focuses on reducing stress and anxiety and supporting people coping with depression or low self-esteem. Portia also helps clients facing issues related to LGBT identity, motivation, ADHD, and relationship challenges.
Her approach blends practical tools and mindfulness. She uses cognitive behavioral methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that get in the way.
How Portia works
She pairs that with simple mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity and increase calm in everyday life. Portia writes about meditation and has a mindfulness planner available on Amazon. That background informs short, doable practices she introduces in sessions.
These tools are meant to fit into busy days, not add extra pressure. She aims to meet each person where they are and builds a plan around specific goals. Sessions include clear steps, short practices, and conversations about what is working.
Portia emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every meeting. Many clients come for help with career stress, burnout, grief, or life transitions. She also addresses intimacy concerns, attachment questions, trauma and post-traumatic stress, and issues tied to chronic pain or illness.
Portia adapts her style to the needs and preferences of each person.
Portia lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Portia works with
The areas below are the ones Portia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
CBT and Mindfulness for Online Support
Portia uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice thought patterns that increase distress and replace them with more helpful actions. CBT is practical and goal-focused, often useful for anxiety, depression, and workplace stress.She also draws on mindfulness therapy, which teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Mindfulness can help with stress, grief, chronic pain, and maintaining calm during life changes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Portia works with clients to choose and adapt methods based on each person's goals, comfort level, and daily routine. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction from a convenient location. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief exchanges, written reflections, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping continuity of care.
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