Lynaia Freund

Lynaia Freund is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief, and depression. She works with adults who want to feel less stuck and regain a sense of direction. Her approach aims to make therapy understandable and useful, not just theoretical. Lynaia draws on 21 years of experience in mental health settings. She uses mindfulness-based ways of working to help people notice what’s happening in the moment and reduce reactivity. She also uses client-centered methods that focus on each person’s goals and personal strengths. A large portion of her work has involved trauma and addiction. She has applied EMDR to help people process painful memories and reduce their hold on daily life. She has also worked in medical rehab settings and supported recovery from drug and alcohol problems. Before private practice, Lynaia spent many years as a clinical hospital chaplain at a major trauma center in Southern California. That background informs her comfort with grief, illness, and end-of-life concerns, and it shapes how she integrates spiritual concerns into sessions when clients want that. In therapy she aims to create a compassionate, nonjudgmental space. Sessions focus on practical steps clients can try between meetings, and on building skills for coping with panic, low mood, or relationship strain. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, fill a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

How Lynaia’s Approaches Fit Online Care

Mindfulness Therapy helps people learn to notice thoughts, physical sensations, and emotions without immediately reacting. This can reduce anxiety and improve coping with stress and chronic pain. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening to each person’s goals and strengths so sessions reflect what the client wants to work on. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is used to address traumatic memories and related distress by working through stored reactions to past events.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, history, and comfort with different ways of working, and then try techniques that fit. This is a collaborative process with regular check-ins to see what helps and what should change.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online care can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow quieter check-ins during a lunch break or between errands. It can also make it simpler to continue work when mobility, caregiving, or medical needs make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals adapt exercises like mindfulness practices, client-centered conversation, and trauma processing for remote sessions so people can work on practical steps from wherever they are.