About Agnes
Agnes "Ginger" Segar is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem, and ADHD. She brings 14 years of clinical experience to practical, straightforward work with individuals. She writes and talks plainly in sessions so parents can understand next steps and feel more confident at home.
Ginger focuses on small, concrete changes that reduce daily pressure. Sessions often include setting bite-sized goals, practicing calm-down skills, and improving communication at home.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how past relationships shape current worries and choices. Her approach combines listening with hands-on tools. Clients can expect to try techniques during sessions and to get simple exercises to use between meetings.
The therapist aims to make progress steady and achievable rather than overwhelming. Ginger has worked in varied settings across California and has supported people through life transitions and crises. She regularly helps with family of origin issues, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, postpartum struggles, and obsessive or compulsive behaviors.
Phobias are also a named focus area she addresses. Sessions are offered in English and are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. She uses an adaptable style so the work fits each person’s goals and daily life.
Approaches that translate to online care
Ginger often uses cognitive-behavioral techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thought patterns and building practical coping skills for anxiety, phobias, and obsessive behaviors. Sessions teach specific strategies to manage worry and to test new behaviors step by step.She also draws on humanistic, person-centered ideas that emphasize listening, understanding, and building self-worth. This helps when people are processing grief, low self-esteem, or life changes and want a supportive space to reflect.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and daily life. Together they try techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit real schedules. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching between sessions, or days when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent and to use what works for your routine.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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