Patricia M. Lacanfora, LMFT

Marriage & Family Therapist

Mrs. Patricia M. Lacanfora is a Marriage & Family Therapist in Laguna Hills, CA with special training and skill in interviewing and diagnosing clients, then counseling them and treating any mental and emotional disorders within the context of marriage and family. As a Marriage & Family Therapist, Patricia M. Lacanfora, LMFT performs counseling and emotional support to help families navigate relationship and behavioral issues, while seeking to secure a long-term solution to mental and emotional disorders and a wide variety of relationship issues. Marriage & Family Therapy is the modification of perceptions and behavior, as well as improvement of communication among spouses and family members in crisis. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Marriage & Family Therapists include marital conflict, dysfunctional behavior, communication issues, and mental illness. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Marriage & Family Therapists include interviewing, observing, counseling, and customizing treatment plans for clients in marriages and families.

A marriage and family therapist is a person with a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, or a master's or doctoral degree in a related mental health field with substantially equivalent coursework in marriage and family therapy, who receives supervised clinical experience, or a person who meets the state requirements to practice as a marriage and family therapist. A marriage and family therapist treats mental and emotional disorders within the context of marriage and family systems. A marriage and family therapist provides mental health and counseling services to individuals, couples, families, and groups.

• Aetna [Aetna Health of California Inc.]

• California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal)

• Carelon Behavioral Health [Carelon Behavioral Health, Inc.]

• Cigna Healthcare [Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company]

• Health Net of California, Inc

• Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP)

• Kaiser Permanente [Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.]

• LA Care Health Plan [Local Initiative Health Authority for Los Angeles County]

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• MHNet Behavioral Health

• Optum [Optum, Inc.]