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Pascale Dellefield

Pascale Dellefield, LMFT

Therapist · California · 21+ years of experience

Gentle practical therapy for life transitions

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  • Heart centered approach
  • Mindfulness and skills
  • Practical coping tools

About Pascale

Pascale Dellefield is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who brings 21 years of clinical experience to her work. She offers a warm, heart-centered style and focuses on helping people reconnect with what matters to them. Clients often come for help with stress, anxiety, relationships, mood concerns, and major life changes.

Pascale uses practical tools drawn from client-centered work and evidence-informed approaches. She weaves mindfulness, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior strategies, and solution-focused techniques into sessions. Reading and skill-building homework are offered when helpful.

Her experience includes a wide range of concerns such as grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, ADHD, bipolar disorder, eating issues, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating family of origin issues, parenting strain, communication problems, and intimacy-related struggles.

Pascale values openness to spirituality and multicultural perspectives. She understands the challenges of immigration and long-term recovery from traumatic events, and she brings that life experience into her therapeutic stance without imposing beliefs.

Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs with a focus on clear goals and practical steps. The tone is compassionate and direct, aiming to help people develop coping skills and clearer direction in daily life.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesBipolar disorderDepressionADHD

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

21+ years

Credentials

California

Languages

English

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Pascale draws on client-centered therapy to create a respectful, listening-first space where people set the pace and goals. This approach helps when someone needs to sort values, reconnect with what matters, or find direction after a life change.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new, practical behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and building concrete coping skills for daily life.

Dialectical behavior therapy offers skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships. DBT-style techniques can help when emotions feel overwhelming or when communication patterns cause repeated conflict.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That process includes agreeing on homework, mindfulness practices, or specific skill drills when they seem helpful.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, reduce travel time, and let people work on skills between sessions with reading and exercises. Licensed professionals can adapt pacing and tools to suit each person's daily routine and goals.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns are addressed here?

Pascale works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy challenges, eating concerns, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe the therapy style?

The approach is warm and client-centered, with practical skill building. Mindfulness, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior techniques, and solution-focused strategies are used as appropriate.

What is Pascale's professional background?

She has 21 years of professional experience and has worked with people facing a wide range of mental health and life challenges, including trauma, homelessness, and serious mood and thought disorders.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential (LMFT) in California and practices in that state.

Which languages are used for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English only, despite familiarity with additional languages.

Are international clients accepted?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does payment and cost work?

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

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

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

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