Randall Ramirez , LMFT, LCSW

Randall Ramirez is dual-licensed in California as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), credentials that reflect training in psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families, and broader clinical practice. With 40 years of professional experience, he has worked directly with youth, adults, seniors, and families facing a wide range of emotional disorders, health-related illnesses, and environmental stressors. His background spans both management and direct-service roles across behavioral health, social services, residential care, and health care settings, giving him a broad perspective on treatment systems and practical support.

Randall’s clinical interests include early attachment, complex trauma, relational difficulties, and transcultural sensitivity, areas he has pursued through interdisciplinary collaboration and applied research. Since 2010 he founded and chaired the South County Roundtable on Attachment (SCRoA), an interdisciplinary group of professionals and parents in the south county of Santa Clara County focused on the spectrum of attachment disorders and research-informed practice models. He also brings lived experience as an adoptive father of children with special needs and offers parent-to-parent support through the faith-based Parent-Child Connection group of Help One Child. Randall’s practice emphasizes understanding relationships, developmental history, and cultural context when addressing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, and mood concerns.

Attachment-informed and Evidence-based Care Online

Randall Ramirez uses approaches that connect early relationship patterns with present concerns and that build practical coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early bonds shape emotional responses and relationship patterns, helping when clients face attachment issues, relational conflict, or long-standing trust problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and the client’s own goals, creating a supportive space for self-exploration, parenting challenges, grief, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete tools for stress, anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Randall works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time to match progress and changing circumstances.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video call or phone, and shorter exchanges are possible through live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, to maintain continuity across locations, and to access licensed professionals and therapists who can support work on attachment, trauma, mood, and relationship concerns.