About Agnes
Agnes "Ginger" Segar helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem, and ADHD. She works with individuals who are struggling with life transitions and emotional overwhelm.
Background and approach
Ginger brings a calm presence and practical guidance to sessions. Ginger practices as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT in California and has 14 years of clinical experience.
She focuses on clear tools clients can use between sessions, such as anxiety management skills and strategies to improve communication. Sessions are conversational and goal oriented, with attention to what feels useful right away.
Her approach blends evidence-based techniques with straightforward human connection. She draws on proven methods to address intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, and phobias, while also attending to grief and life purpose questions.
Clients often work on building self-worth and repairing strained relationships through step-by-step practice. Ginger also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, attachment concerns, and family of origin issues.
She helps clients navigate separation, divorce, and domestic violence impacts by focusing on coping skills and decision-making. The work often includes managing guilt, shame, isolation, and the practical realities of midlife change.
Sessions are offered in English and conducted remotely by video, phone, chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling that fits the client's calendar.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Ginger uses evidence-based techniques to help people manage symptoms and move toward clear goals. One common approach focuses on practical strategies to reduce anxiety and stress, including breath work, behavioral experiments, and stepwise exposure to fears to lessen avoidance and build confidence. Another approach targets compulsions and intrusive thoughts with structured practice and problem-solving to interrupt unwanted behaviors and reduce their hold on daily life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, what has or hasn’t worked before, and preferences for support. Together they select methods that match the client’s needs and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text sessions work well for quick check-ins, short coaching, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- 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