About Lilian
Lilian Zelaya-Coria is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and brings nine years of professional experience to her work. Lilian aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and life changes with compassion and practical skills.
She uses a trauma-informed, strengths-based perspective to understand each person’s history and needs. Lilian listens closely to a person's experience and helps them build tools for mood regulation and emotional resilience.
How Lilian works
Sessions often include creative methods like journaling, music, or guided imagery alongside conversation. Her background includes work in early childhood mental health, the non-profit sector, Child Protective Services, and as a K-12 school therapist. This path exposed her to a wide range of concerns including trauma, PTSD, abuse, grief, anger, and substance-related issues.
Those experiences shaped her focus on practical coping strategies and safety planning. In sessions she takes a collaborative, warm approach and treats clients as the experts on their own lives. Lilian integrates evidence-based techniques as they fit the person’s goals, and she encourages pacing that honors each person’s boundaries.
She also incorporates somatic practices like mindfulness and progressive muscle relaxation to support the mind-body connection. People can expect the first sessions to focus on building rapport and deciding if the therapist-client fit feels right. From there Lilian and the client work together to set goals, try tools, and track progress toward clearer thinking and steadier mood.
What Lilian works with
The areas below are the ones Lilian selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Evidence-based techniques and online care
She commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts that affect mood and to practice new ways of responding to stress. CBT is useful for anxiety, worry, and changing unhelpful thinking patterns.She also uses trauma-focused methods to address the effects of abuse and traumatic events, helping people process distressing memories and build safety and emotion regulation skills. These approaches often include concrete exercises and paced exposure to reduce trauma-related symptoms.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and comfort level, and will adjust methods as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection helps. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing journaling, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it simpler to keep consistent appointments and practice skills between sessions.
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