Jilla Lavian

Jilla Lavian, LCSW, helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about next steps. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, parenting strains, relationship questions, grief, and work-related concerns. Her tone is direct and compassionate, and she aims to help clients make small, steady changes that feel manageable.

She brings nearly 20 years of practice as a licensed clinical social worker in California. Jilla studied social work and Jewish communal service at the University of Southern California and also works as a transformational life coach. She combines life coaching with clinical methods to help people set goals and take concrete steps toward them.

In sessions she pays attention to thoughts and feelings with a kind, nonjudgmental stance. She often uses mindfulness to help people notice patterns and calm racing thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas are used to test and change unhelpful thinking and behavior in day-to-day life.

Jilla also draws on psychodynamic ideas to understand long-standing patterns that arise from early relationships. Solution-Focused techniques help keep work goal-directed and practical when clients want faster change. Her approach blends exploration with clear tools to try between meetings.

She speaks English and Persian and works with people from diverse backgrounds, including those navigating immigration and multicultural concerns. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and readers should confirm available session options before booking.

How her approaches translate to online work

Jilla uses mindfulness practices to help people slow down and notice thoughts and bodily sensations. Mindfulness can be helpful for anxiety, sleep problems, and emotional regulation by teaching simple attention skills and breathing practices.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT offers straightforward exercises and experiments clients can try between sessions to reduce worry and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and life demands and then suggest which methods to emphasize. This is a collaborative process and may shift as needs change.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how meetings are scheduled. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments around work, caregiving, or travel, and it supports regular check-ins and short goal-focused sessions when those suit your life. Licensed professionals can adapt mindfulness exercises and CBT tools to the online setting to keep progress moving between meetings.