About Lucinda
Lucinda Guarino is a California licensed professional clinical counselor with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people dealing with relationship strains, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Lucinda aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where clients can feel heard and understood.
She adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s situation. Sessions are focused on real problems and useful steps you can try between meetings.
How Lucinda works
She emphasizes building confidence, improving communication, and finding clearer direction when life feels stuck. Lucinda uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. She draws on client-centered methods to follow a person’s priorities and on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
For people processing traumatic memories, she may include EMDR as one option. Her work also addresses caregiver stress, codependency, control issues, and family of origin concerns. She helps people navigate forgiveness, guilt, and the heavy emotions that come with end-of-life care and hospice situations.
Sessions are practical and collaborative. Lucinda supports people as they set goals, try new ways of coping, and track progress. She encourages steady change rather than rushed fixes.
Those seeking a therapist who combines straightforward guidance with empathy may find her approach helpful. She aims to empower clients to manage symptoms, improve relationships, and move toward a more fulfilling life.
Lucinda lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Lucinda works with
The areas below are the ones Lucinda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following a person’s priorities and creating a supportive, nonjudgmental conversation. It helps when someone needs a place to sort feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and gives practical exercises to change them. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and unwanted habits. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a method used to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories by pairing focused processing with guided bilateral stimulation; it can help people who continue to react strongly to past events.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels comfortable, then try methods that match those needs. That collaborative process helps shape sessions so they remain practical and focused on measurable progress.
Online therapy offers several ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper dialogue. Phone sessions can be useful when a video connection is not possible or for lower bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing problem-solving, and flexible communication between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different ways of connecting as needs change.
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