About Lillian
Lillian Strom is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 12 years of professional experience in California. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self esteem, depression, grief, and life changes. She emphasizes respectful, sensitive care and encourages people to take the first step toward a better life.
Over the years she has worked with many people facing loss and transition. She helps clients talk through grief and develop practical ways to cope day to day.
How Lillian works
She also supports people who are struggling with motivation and confidence, breaking problems into small, manageable steps. Lillian adapts conversations and plans to each person she meets. That means she listens first, then co-creates a clear plan based on individual needs and goals.
Sessions usually focus on skills you can use between meetings as well as the topics you bring to the room. Her style is direct yet compassionate. She aims to create a calm space where people feel heard and respected while they do the hard work of change.
She describes progress as gradual and practical, not sudden or magical. If you are weighing therapy while juggling family or work, she helps make the process straightforward. Lillian supports goal setting, problem solving, and steady steps toward feeling more able to manage life’s demands.
What Lillian works with
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Lillian uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage strong emotions and life transitions. One common approach focuses on teaching practical coping skills for stress and anxiety, such as breathing strategies, problem-solving steps, and ways to break tasks into small goals. These tools are useful when worry or overwhelm makes it hard to act.Another approach centers on working through grief and low mood by naming feelings, creating routines, and finding small activities that rebuild motivation and confidence. This method helps people move forward at their own pace while honoring loss and change.
Finding the right approach usually happens together. She listens to your situation, shares options, and adjusts methods based on your needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process helps ensure therapy fits how you live and what you hope to achieve.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets you see facial cues and hold longer conversations, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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