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Dr. Marva Bourne, LMFT

Based in California Online sessions

Compassionate parenting and relationship support

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Years in practice
9
Credentials
LMFT
Licensed in
California
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Relationship issues
Focus
Trauma and abuse
About

About Marva

Dr. Marva Bourne is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California. She has nine years of clinical experience and focuses on parenting concerns alongside a wide range of emotional and relationship issues.

Dr. Bourne aims to offer clear, practical support for parents feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or unsure how to respond to their children's needs. She draws on approaches that help people understand attachment and how early relationships shape behavior.

Background and approach

Sessions often include straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to manage anxiety, mood, and sleep. Emotionally-focused work helps parents and partners talk about feelings and rebuild connection when stress or conflict gets in the way. Dr.

Bourne has worked with adoption and foster care situations, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and attachment concerns. She also addresses grief, trauma, addictions, and parenting-related self-esteem and guilt. Her practice pays attention to how life events and cultural background affect coping and relationship patterns.

In sessions she uses a client-centered stance, listening first and helping people set realistic goals. Therapy can include short-term problem-focused work or deeper work on longstanding patterns. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.

People who choose her work with someone who explains concepts plainly and offers step-by-step strategies. Many parents come for help with sleep, eating or behavior concerns, anxiety, or rebuilding closeness with a partner after conflict. Dr.

Bourne emphasizes collaboration and practical next steps.

Focus areas and approaches

What Marva works with

Everything Marva lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Marva helps people with.

Approaches Marva lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

How attachment and CBT translate to online care

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape how people connect today. In a session this looks like talking through relationship patterns, identifying fears about closeness, and practicing new ways to respond in parent-child or partner interactions. It is useful for attachment concerns, blended family dynamics, and adoption or foster care issues.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to manage unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Typical work includes tracking thoughts, testing beliefs, and trying small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or address compulsive habits. CBT is practical for panic, social anxiety, and mood-related problems.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and try strategies that match your needs. If an approach isn’t helping, adjustments are made collaboratively so the plan fits your family life and priorities.

Online therapy makes these methods more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and interactional work. Phone sessions or shorter live chat exchanges are easier when schedules are tight or bandwidth is limited. Text-based messaging supports quick check-ins or coaching between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy parenting routines and keep momentum between meetings.
Questions

Questions people ask about Marva

What concerns does Dr. Bourne address?

She helps with parenting issues plus stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship problems. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, blended family challenges, and caregiver stress.

How does she approach therapy?

Her style is client-centered and collaborative. She mixes attachment-informed work with cognitive behavioral tools and emotionally-focused methods to help people understand feelings and change patterns.

What is her professional background?

Dr. Bourne holds a doctoral degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and has nine years of clinical experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a CA LMFT and practices in California.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and communication preferences.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Dr. Bourne?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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