About Timea
Timea Tenkei is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 19 years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Timea approaches each person with respect and a belief that they know their story best.
She acknowledges how hard the first step can feel and affirms the courage it takes to begin. Timea helps people work through intense feelings such as anger, panic, and shame.
How Timea works
She supports those dealing with trauma, mood challenges, and the long-term effects of stressful caregiving. Conversations in sessions are practical and grounded, aimed at building skills that fit everyday life. Her work also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, and communication problems that strain relationships.
People facing divorce, separation, or pregnancy-related stress can bring those challenges into sessions for focused support. Timea pays attention to how feelings and behaviors connect to life events and relationships. In sessions she listens for strengths and patterns that can be used to make change.
She partners with clients to set clear goals and practice steps that feel manageable. Progress often comes from small, consistent shifts rather than big leaps. Timea offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose a format that fits their routine.
What Timea works with
The areas below are the ones Timea selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that guide online therapy
Timea uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and emotional safety. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches breathing, grounding, and emotion-regulation strategies to manage panic, anger, and intense anxiety. These tools aim to reduce symptom intensity and make day-to-day coping easier. Another frequent element is trauma-informed care that helps people process distressing experiences at a comfortable pace. This involves building stability first, then gently addressing painful memories while strengthening current supports and routines. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan as needed. Clients and therapist work together to choose methods that fit the person's needs, values, and pace. Online formats make it easier to maintain regular sessions. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, or flexible contact between longer sessions. These options support continuity of care and can fit work, family, or travel schedules.Start online instead of waiting
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