Dr. Louis Buchhold, LMFT

California · 22 years in practice

Dr. Louis Buchhold is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 22 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LMFT, California: LMFT40266 · expires May 2027
NPI: 1891448544 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 22
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 Louis

Dr. Louis Buchhold is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 22 years of clinical experience. He brings a background in counseling and art-based methods to help people address everyday struggles.

He frames work around a person’s values and choices and aims to guide practical steps forward. He uses an existential perspective to help people face questions about meaning, responsibility, and direction. In sessions he blends that with client-centered listening and clear, goal-focused techniques so conversations are both thoughtful and action-oriented.

Background and approach

Expect a mix of talk, creative exercises, and easy assignments to try between meetings. Dr. Buchhold has worked with people coping with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, trauma, and a range of relationship and intimacy concerns.

He also supports people dealing with addictions, sexual concerns including sex addiction and kink-related issues, and challenges tied to chronic illness or aging. He pays attention to how identity and sexuality shape a person’s experience. He favors straightforward language and collaborative planning in therapy.

People set goals together and test small changes to see what helps. Sessions aim to name patterns, find workable experiments, and build on existing strengths. His background includes multiple graduate degrees and long clinical practice in California.

He brings both talk-based and experiential tools, such as art and play methods, to tailor work to individual needs.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Louis lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Self esteem
Depression
Aging and geriatric issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Drug and alcohol addiction
Forgiveness
HIV / AIDS
Isolation / loneliness
Men's issues
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Sex addiction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia

Approaches Louis names

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Online support

How existential and practical approaches translate to online therapy

Existential therapy helps people examine values, life choices, and meaning. Online sessions can use conversation and reflective exercises to clarify what matters and identify next steps for living more purposefully.

Client-centered work centers on being heard and understood. In remote sessions this looks like careful listening, empathic feedback, and collaboratively deciding which areas to focus on next.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is well suited to video or phone sessions where the therapist and client review thought patterns, set behavioral experiments, and track results between meetings.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that match the person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day demands, adjusting as progress is made.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow real-time conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging fit people who prefer writing, need frequent brief check-ins, or want ongoing encouragement between sessions.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?

He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and a range of sexual and addiction-related concerns.

How would you describe his therapy style?

Sessions combine existential reflection, client-centered listening, and practical, goal-focused techniques like CBT and brief interventions.

What experience does he bring to sessions?

He has 22 years of professional experience and uses a mix of talk therapy and experiential methods drawn from art and play techniques.

Where is the therapist licensed and based?

He is a California LMFT - a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the person.

How does pricing and payment work?

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

How do I begin working with him?

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