Russell Pippin, LMFT

Russell Pippin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with three decades of clinical experience. He has worked across diverse settings including private practice, a county behavioral health agency, and as a clinical supervisor for an agency that provided mental health services within school systems. His background combines formal training and hands-on practice to address stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, career transitions, and other life changes.

Mr. Pippin completed a bachelor’s degree in Christian Education at Simpson Bible College in San Francisco and earned a master’s degree in Counseling with a focus on marriage, family, and child counseling from Fresno State University. His therapeutic toolkit includes client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches, solution-focused work, Imago couples therapy principles, and EMDR - he has been EMDR Level II trained since 2007. He also integrates mindfulness-informed techniques to support emotional regulation and coping skills.

Guided by a long-standing personal faith, he approaches clinical work with a commitment to authenticity, compassion, and empowering individuals and families to discover strengths and move toward meaningful change. His training and experience support work with control issues, forgiveness, midlife concerns, mood and panic disorders, post-traumatic stress, self-esteem and self-love, and workplace challenges.