Bonnie Fagan, LMFT
California · 12 years in practice
Bonnie Fagan is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 12 years of experience helping people navigate life changes and relationship strain.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 91055 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1275813149 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Bonnie
Bonnie Fagan is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 12 years of experience helping people navigate life changes and relationship strain. She uses an approachable style and listens closely to what matters most to each person. Sessions are practical and focused on next steps rather than long lectures.
Bonnie draws on existential ideas to help people find meaning during hard transitions. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the work grounded in each person's values and goals.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioral therapy tools are added when thoughts and habits are getting in the way. She commonly helps with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and parenting concerns. Bonnie supports people dealing with trauma, postpartum challenges, early career decisions, and issues around self-esteem and body image.
She also offers guidance for communication problems, workplace stress, and life purpose questions. In sessions she will listen, ask questions that clarify what matters to you, and offer strategies you can try between meetings. That might include small experiments, skills for managing strong feelings, or steps to shift unhelpful thinking patterns.
The approach is collaborative and tailored to each person's needs. Bonnie practices in California and conducts therapy in English. She works with individuals and with parents addressing difficult child behaviors.
Her goal is to help people move from feeling stuck to having clearer choices and more confidence about next steps.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Bonnie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Bonnie names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Bonnie commonly blends existential therapy, client-centered work, and cognitive behavioral techniques. Existential therapy helps people talk about meaning, choice, and values when facing big life questions or transitions. Client-centered work focuses on listening, empathy, and tailoring sessions to what matters most to each person. Cognitive behavioral strategies look at thinking and behavior patterns and offer practical techniques for anxiety, depression, and stress management.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. Clients and therapist check in together about what is helping and what needs to change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief updates, in-between support, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible for different schedules and life demands.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Bonnie commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship and family problems, career and life transitions, and issues like body image and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapy style?
The approach is collaborative and person-centered, combining existential reflection with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work.
What is her professional background?
Bonnie has 12 years of clinical experience supporting people through life changes, trauma recovery, maternal wellness, and young adult concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a CA LMFT - a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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