About Todd
Todd Mangini is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 20 years of clinical experience in California. He uses straightforward, practical methods to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, addiction, and life transitions. He is a 67-year-old gay man and uses he/him pronouns.
Todd aims to make therapy a calm place to talk and to notice how thoughts and the body connect. He helps people express what is happening inside and name what matters to them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings and on building skills that fit day-to-day life. He works with parents who are struggling with parenting challenges and with people caring for aging relatives. He also supports those who have loved ones with serious chronic mental illness, helping them navigate care and maintain healthier relationships.
Todd draws on somatic approaches alongside client-centered, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral ideas. That means attention to body experience, present-moment awareness, and practical ways to shift thoughts and behaviors. He adjusts the mix to each person’s needs and goals.
Many clients come wanting relief from sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, or loneliness. Todd focuses on small, usable changes that add up over time. He encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Starting therapy often feels daunting, and Todd frames the work as collaborative. He aims to create an open atmosphere without judgment so people can take the next step toward feeling more capable and connected.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and how they relate to emotions and stress. In online sessions this can mean noticing breathing, posture, and simple body-based practices that help with anxiety, chronic pain, or emotional activation.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and following the person’s lead. It helps people feel heard and understood while they talk through relationship, parenting, or life-change concerns.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and habits and uses practical exercises to test new ways of thinking and acting. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That way the approach fits the client’s needs, preferences, and life situation.
Online formats add flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions offer a simpler option, and live chat or text messaging can support shorter check-ins or ongoing skill practice. These options make it easier to keep therapy going when life gets busy.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English