About Lynaia
Lynaia Freund is a California licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, and depression. She brings a calm, steady presence and focuses on practical ways to move forward. Parents reading this on a phone will find short, clear explanations and a direct approach to getting help.
She often uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, known as EMDR, to help people reduce the intensity of painful memories and strong emotions.
Background and approach
She also works from a client-centered stance, which means sessions are guided by what matters most to the person in front of her. Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas are folded in where they help with day-to-day coping and quick, concrete changes. With more than 21 years of experience, she has a track record working with addiction recovery in hospital and personal-practice settings.
She spent many years as a clinical hospital chaplain at a major trauma center, which shaped her approach to acute loss and crisis situations. That background informs how she talks about grief, trauma, and meaning with people. Sessions aim to be straightforward and compassionate.
Conversations cover what feels stuck, how symptoms show up, and what small steps can reduce distress. Progress is tracked in ways that make sense to the client. She practices in California and conducts therapy in English.
The focus is on helping individuals process difficult experiences and regain a sense of forward motion.
Therapeutic approaches for online healing
EMDR is a method that helps reduce the intensity of painful memories and strong emotional reactions. In online sessions this can involve guided eye movements or other bilateral stimulation while the person focuses on a memory to lessen its hold. Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's priorities and pace, giving people space to set the agenda and be heard without judgment. This approach helps with anxiety, depression, and grief by centering each session on what the person needs right now.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, past experiences, and current symptoms to decide whether EMDR, client-centered work, mindfulness, or a mix will be most helpful. That plan can change as needs evolve, and decisions are made together during regular check-ins.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let visual cues guide EMDR and other interactive work. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for ongoing support between sessions and can fit into busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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