Dr. Lita Carvalho, LMFT
California · 20 years in practice
Dr. Lita Carvalho helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, and questions about intimacy and self-esteem.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 113252 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1043462039 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- 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 Lita
Dr. Lita Carvalho helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, and questions about intimacy and self-esteem. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with twenty years of experience.
She offers straightforward support for career strain, parenting concerns, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and compassion fatigue. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what the person wants to change.
She uses practical exercises, reflective conversation, and real-life experiments rather than jargon.
Background and approach
The aim is to find clear steps that fit each person's life and values. Dr. Carvalho draws on Existential therapy to address meaning, choice, and life transitions.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches to help people clarify values, build emotional awareness, and improve important relationships. Cognitive Behavioral techniques are used when thoughts and behaviors need direct, skills-based work.
She works with people across a wide range of concerns including LGBT issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, abandonment and attachment struggles, body image, and blended family challenges. Her background includes clinical practice in California and doctoral research experience in biophysics, which informs a thoughtful, evidence-aware approach.
Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Dr. Carvalho encourages a gradual pace and a collaborative plan so each person can try small changes and see what helps most.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lita lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- 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
- Caregiver issues and stress
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- 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
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lita names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches applied to online care
Existential therapy focuses on meaning, choice, and how life changes feel. It helps people facing big life questions, loss, or a sense of stuckness by clarifying what matters and what choices feel possible.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical skills for noticing thoughts and emotions, then choosing actions that match personal values. This approach can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions by building small, flexible habits.
Attachment-Based Therapy centers on understanding how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and behavior. It can support people working on intimacy, communication, abandonment concerns, and building more stable connections.
Picking the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match techniques to their goals and preferences. That process often involves trying a few tools and adjusting based on what helps.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is good for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth needs. Live chat and text messaging work well for short updates, coaching-style support, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and daily life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
She supports stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, intimacy issues, self-esteem, parenting strain, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and related topics listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on values, choices, and concrete steps tailored to each person's goals.
What is her clinical background?
Dr. Carvalho has 20 years of experience and doctoral research experience in biophysics, combined with long-term clinical practice in California.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with the credential shown as CA LMFT.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and preferences.
How are costs and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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