About Thomas
Thomas Lyon is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with 23 years of experience. He greets people with a warm, gentle manner and aims to treat everyone with respect and compassion. He invites clients to bring their story and the struggles that feel most urgent right now.
He practices depth-oriented psychotherapy that looks at inner parts of the self that have been hurt, hidden, or underdeveloped. Sessions focus on listening closely to thoughts, feelings, sensations, and intuitions to find practical insight.
How Thomas works
He balances open listening with helping clients find specific, real-world steps when those are needed. Thomas describes his style as sensitive and caring but willing to address powerful, painful material. He helps people talk through relationship issues, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction concerns, and problems tied to parenting, work, or self-esteem.
He also works with issues such as attachment struggles, abandonment, caregiver stress, and forgiveness. Therapy sessions are collaborative. Together they clarify goals, set a pace, and develop a plan that fits each person.
He emphasizes honest exploration of struggles alongside hopes and desires, allowing change to unfold over time. If the match does not feel right, he acknowledges that honestly and will aim to clarify that early on. He encourages taking that first step and notes that meaningful growth often happens through steady, courageous work in therapy.
Thomas lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Thomas works with
The areas below are the ones Thomas selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Depth approaches and online therapy options
Thomas uses attachment-based and psychodynamic ideas to guide online work. Attachment-based therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and helps people improve closeness, trust, and communication. Psychodynamic therapy pays attention to deeper feelings, recurring patterns, and how past experiences influence present behavior, which can help with grief, relationship struggles, and repeated emotional responses.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust the plan over time. This collaborative process helps clarify whether a depth focus, more practical steps, or a mix of both feels most helpful.
Online therapy here offers flexible session formats: video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can be a good fit when lower bandwidth or no camera is preferred. Live chat or text messaging are useful for short check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when written reflection helps maintain momentum between longer sessions.
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