Rhonda Waller , LMFT

Rhonda Waller is a licensed California therapist who brings nine years of clinical experience to her practice, working from a relational, attachment-focused, and trauma-informed perspective. She views healing as something that happens in relationship and collaborates with individuals, couples, and polycules to address challenges such as stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Her approach recognizes how early attachment experiences shape patterns of connection and behavior, and she helps clients build more secure ways of relating to themselves and others.

Rhonda has significant experience supporting LGBTQ+ and BIPOC clients and attends closely to the particular strengths and challenges that come with navigating identity in environments that may feel unwelcoming. She applies specialized training to a wide range of issues including addiction, dissociation, communication and commitment problems, codependency, caregiver stress, family-of-origin wounds, and the impacts of major life transitions such as divorce and separation.

She holds the LMFT credential, which means she is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist qualified to work with individuals and relationships. Rhonda is EMDRIA-certified in EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - a trauma-focused method used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity. She also completed AASECT-informed sex therapy training, equipping her to address sexual concerns like mismatched desire, sexual pain, infidelity recovery, and the sexual effects of trauma or life changes. Her work emphasizes respect for each person’s resilience and their capacity for growth as they pursue greater intimacy, authenticity, and well-being.

Attachment-Informed and Trauma-Focused Care Online

Rhonda often uses EMDR to help clients process distressing memories and reduce the emotional intensity associated with traumatic events. EMDR involves guided bilateral stimulation alongside focused recall of targeted memories and can be helpful for trauma, abuse, and other overwhelming experiences.

She also practices from an attachment-focused, relational perspective that explores how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses. This approach helps with relationship struggles, abandonment and attachment issues, and patterns such as codependency or difficulty with intimacy.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. Rhonda collaborates with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as healing and insight develop.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for clients balancing work, caregiving, or physical limitations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access licensed professionals from different locations within California, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable for the therapeutic process.