Dr. Louis Buchhold, LMFT

Dr. Louis Buchhold is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 22 years of professional experience. He holds a Master's Degree in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling, a Master's in Art Therapy, and a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology, and he combines these trainings to offer an integrative, experiential approach to therapy. He identifies as a gay cisgender White male and uses he/him/doctor pronouns.

His practice emphasizes experiential arts therapy - including art therapy, sand play, and psychodrama - alongside evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and brief, goal-focused interventions. He frames his work within an existential perspective, helping people explore meaning, choice, and personal responsibility while using structured exercises and self-driven assignments to support tangible change.

Dr. Buchhold has worked with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and alternative-relationship concerns, LGBTQ issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy and sexual concerns, and parenting challenges. He also addresses issues that often intersect with mental health, such as chronic illness, codependency, process addictions, and aging-related matters.

He views each person as the expert in their own story and aims to support and empower clients to build on their strengths, take courageous steps toward a more fulfilling life, and pursue achievable goals in collaboration with the therapist.