About Randy
Randy Farhi is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 25 years of professional experience. She helps people who are struggling with addictions, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, and depression. Randy also focuses on issues like first responder stress, hoarding, infidelity, postpartum depression, and seasonal affective disorder.
She aims to meet people where they are and treat them with respect and compassion. Randy keeps conversation direct and practical.
Background and approach
She works with each person to build a plan that fits their needs. Sessions focus on clear steps that can reduce daily stress and improve relationships. The goal is steady progress, not quick fixes.
Her approach is collaborative. Randy listens first, then tailors the work to what the person wants most. She helps people identify unhelpful patterns and try different ways of handling problems.
This often includes putting small, manageable changes into practice between sessions. Over her career she has worked with many kinds of situations that can follow trauma and long-term stress. That background helps her notice both immediate risks and gradual patterns that keep problems repeating.
Randy draws on that experience when helping people set realistic goals. If someone chooses to work with Randy they will find a calm, focused style. She encourages honest conversation and practical follow-through.
The work is paced to the person’s comfort level and needs.
Therapeutic approaches and what online sessions look like
Randy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, then test small changes to see what works in daily life. This kind of work is useful for depression, anxiety, and habits tied to addiction or relationship patterns.Another frequent focus is trauma-informed care. This means paying attention to how past harm affects current feelings and decisions, and moving at a pace the person can manage. It helps when trauma symptoms interfere with relationships, intimacy, or day-to-day functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Randy will talk through options and help decide what fits the person’s goals, needs, and comfort. That choice is revisited over time as progress is made and priorities change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or reflections between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English