Tommy Lopez
Faith-informed marriage and family therapist
LMFT North Carolina
- Experience
- 8 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Tommy
Tommy Lopez is an LMFT licensed in North Carolina who helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, anger, and low self-esteem. He brings eight years of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist alongside a long background in social work and human services.
Background and approach
Tommy writes plainly and meets people where they are when they reach out for help. Therapy sessions focus on practical conversation and skill building.
He listens for strengths in each person and highlights those as tools to move forward. Clients can expect a respectful, faith-informed perspective if that aligns with their values.
Tommy uses several established approaches when they fit a client's needs. He draws on the Gottman Method for relationship patterns, cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behavior, and client-centered work that follows the client's priorities.
Solution-focused ideas are used to set small, attainable goals. He often helps people address communication problems, family of origin issues, and feelings tied to abandonment or forgiveness.
Tommy also supports those navigating multicultural concerns and building self-love after difficult experiences. Sessions aim to combine listening, clear feedback, and practical steps people can try between meetings.
He encourages clients to take things at a manageable pace and to use their own strengths as the foundation for change.
Approaches for online relationship and family work
Tommy commonly uses the Gottman Method to look at how partners communicate and handle conflict; this approach helps identify repeating patterns and offers specific exercises to improve connection. He also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely and following the client's priorities so sessions reflect the person's goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, used as needed, helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep problems running.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. From that conversation they decide together which methods to try and how to adjust them over time to fit the client's needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video lets people work face to face from different locations, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat allows quicker check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to make ongoing care more flexible and accessible while keeping the focus on progress and practical steps.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Licensed in
North Carolina
Languages
English