Russell Pippin, LMFT

Russell Pippin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 30 years of clinical experience. He has worked across settings that include private practice, a County Behavioral Health Agency, and as a clinical supervisor for an agency providing mental health services within school systems. His long tenure in the field informs a practical, client-centered approach to therapy that draws on a range of evidence-informed methods.

Grounded by a faith that has deepened over more than five decades, he describes his work as a calling to empower and support people as they identify strengths and pursue meaningful change. That commitment shapes a therapeutic stance focused on authenticity, compassion, and collaboration as he helps people explore goals related to relationships, mood, identity, and life transitions.

His clinical repertoire includes Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - with EMDR level II training since 2007 - Imago Relationship Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Areas of specialty include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, career challenges, and coping with life changes, with additional focus on control issues, forgiveness, midlife crisis, mood disorders, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress, self-love, and workplace issues.

Russell holds a bachelor’s degree in Christian Education from Simpson Bible College in San Francisco (1982) and a master’s degree in Counseling with a focus on Marriage, Family and Child Counseling from California State University, Fresno (1994). He is licensed in California as an LMFT, license number CA LMFT 40133.