Audra Rafferty
Licensed marriage and family therapist
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) · CA Lic. 000000
Audra works with teens, young adults and families, and begins every first session by explaining what stays private.
A practice built on presence
I'm Audra Rafferty, a licensed marriage and family therapist who works with teens, young adults and the families around them.
My approach is relational and practical. I draw on family systems and cognitive behavioral ideas, and I pay attention to the body as well as the words. I believe a young person does their best work in a room where nobody is in a hurry, and where they know the rules of privacy before they say anything.
Before opening a private practice I worked in a community clinic with teens and families. That taught me that leaving home is rarely one decision; it is a long run of small ones, and people do better when they get to make them at their own speed.
Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California
50 min
Teen and young adult sessions60 min
Family sessionsVideo
Or in person
MY PHILOSOPHY
What guides the work
What shapes every session, and every conversation with a family.
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Step 1: Trust comes first
Nothing else works without it, so I take the time to earn it. I explain how I work, what stays private and what does not, before we begin.
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Step 2: The body knows
Feelings show up in the body before they reach words. I pay attention to that, and we use it to slow things down when a session gets heavy.
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Step 3: Curiosity over judgment
Every pattern you have made sense at some point. We start by understanding it, and only then talk about changing it.
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Step 4: You set the pace
I offer invitations, not prescriptions. You are the expert on your own life, and a session can stop or slow down whenever you say.
Your therapist
Who you will see
“She doesn't fill the quiet. She lets it sit until I'm ready to say something.”
Polina Z.
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