- Years in practice
- 16
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Trishka
Trishka Lampkin is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with 16 years of experience. She offers calm, direct support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and parenting concerns. Her work centers on practical steps you can use between sessions to feel steadier and more in control.
She keeps sessions straightforward and collaborative. Trishka listens for patterns that get in the way and helps clients try new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Common topics include relationship strain, grief, sleep and eating concerns, and the fallout from trauma or abuse. Trishka has a long record helping people from groups that face extra barriers in mental health care, including LGBT clients and people of color. She frames conversations around identity, culture, and the pressures those realities can create.
That background informs how she supports parenting questions and family-related stress. Her clinical work draws on several practical approaches. Trishka uses methods that focus on thoughts and behavior, emotional connection, and values-based action to build coping skills and improve daily functioning.
Sessions include concrete tools, simple skill practice, and space to talk things through. People who work with her often want hands-on strategies and clear steps to try at home. She helps clients set small goals, notice what changes, and adjust the plan as needed.
The overall aim is to increase resilience and make life feel more manageable.
What Trishka works with
Everything Trishka lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Trishka helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Trishka lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It focuses on accepting uncomfortable thoughts and committing to meaningful actions, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, offering clear techniques to change reactions and improve mood and daily routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals, try methods that fit those aims, and adjust plans together. This is a collaborative process where techniques are tested and reshaped to match what feels helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets you use face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates, quick skills practice, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to try different ways of communicating that suit individual routines.
Questions people ask about Trishka
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, addictions, grief, self-esteem, sleep and eating issues, and several other related areas.
How would you describe the therapist's approach and style?
The style is collaborative and practical, combining listening with skill teaching. Sessions focus on steps you can try between meetings and adjustments based on what works.
What is her professional background?
She has 16 years of clinical experience working with people facing complex life challenges and transitions, with attention to cultural and identity factors.
Where is this clinician licensed and located?
She is a California licensed marriage and family therapist listed as LMFT practicing in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with this therapist?
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