Randi Butwin, LMFT

Randi Butwin is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who focuses on relationship and identity concerns. She helps teens and adults who are trying to leave harmful relationships or rebuild after big life changes. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping people take practical steps forward.

Randi has three years of clinical experience across several settings. She has worked with hospice clients on end-of-life and bereavement matters. She has provided care in a school setting, working with children, teens, parents, and families. She has also supported transitional youth at a community clinic and has experience in private practice with couples.

In sessions she centers the person in front of her and pays attention to relationships and identity development. She draws on approaches that emphasize listening and collaboration, building communication skills, and unpacking personal stories to find new meanings. That work is often aimed at restoring self-worth, improving communication, and creating clearer boundaries.

Randi works with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, stress, parenting challenges, intimacy issues, ADHD, and matters related to gender and sexual identity. She also offers support around multicultural stressors, prejudice, and life transitions. Her additional focuses include kink and alternative sexual culture, polyamory and non-monogamous relationships, and veteran and first responder issues.

Clients can expect a warm, person-centered approach that emphasizes practical change. Randi invites people to identify goals and try manageable steps toward them, adjusting as needs shift.

How Randi’s Approaches Fit Online Care

Client-centered work focuses on listening and following the client’s lead. It helps people clarify what matters to them and decide next steps, which can be useful for identity questions and relationship choices.

The Gottman Method centers on improving communication and managing conflict in close relationships. It offers concrete skills that people can practice between sessions to handle fights and rebuild trust.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining listening-based work with skill-building and story-focused techniques as progress is made.

Many people find online therapy easier to fit into busy lives because sessions can be scheduled around work, school, or caregiving. If you plan to work remotely, confirm which session formats are offered before booking. Online sessions can make regular check-ins and skill practice more practical, and they allow therapy to continue without needing extra travel time.