Dr. Raoul Kaufman
Experienced therapist for practical change
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Raoul
Dr. Raoul Kaufman is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with four decades of clinical experience. He focuses on concerns such as grief, eating issues, parenting struggles, self-esteem, and coaching.
He meets people where they are and offers steady, respectful guidance tailored to each person’s situation. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented. He listens first, then helps set clear steps to address immediate problems.
Practical strategies and short-term goals are often paired with deeper conversations about values and meaning.
Background and approach
His background spans many approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy, existential ideas, mindfulness techniques, psychodynamic perspectives, and solution-focused work. That mix allows him to shift between problem-solving tools and deeper reflection depending on what a person needs. Raoul emphasizes a calm, collaborative style.
He aims to help people build skills they can use every day while also understanding patterns that get in the way. The tone of sessions is compassionate and direct, with an eye on realistic change. Dr.
Kaufman holds the California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential - CA LMFT 15382. He has practiced in California for 40 years and conducts sessions in English using a range of formats.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Dr. Kaufman often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy in his work. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy focuses on present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce reactivity and build calm; it can be useful for stress, eating issues, and self-esteem concerns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they like to work. Together they decide whether to focus on short-term skill building, deeper reflective work, or a combination of methods that fits the person’s needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules and let people use approaches like CBT exercises or guided mindfulness from home. Using different formats can make it easier to practice new skills between sessions and to stay connected when in-person meetings are not convenient.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Existential Therapy
Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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