Priscilla Lane

Priscilla Lane is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. Her approach is respectful and warm, aimed at making the first step easier for anyone feeling overwhelmed.

She uses clear, practical conversation to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions are tailored to an individual's needs and goals rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. Priscilla draws on mindfulness practices to help people notice thoughts and feelings without judgment and on client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s own perspective.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and solution-focused strategies to set short-term, achievable goals. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolbox for people who want help finding or strengthening their motivation to change. Together these approaches aim to build coping skills and steady progress.

Priscilla has worked with people facing caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, feelings of isolation, control issues, midlife transitions, mood disorders, seasonal mood shifts, and veteran and armed forces issues. Her clinical background in California spans many settings over four decades, which informs a calm and experienced style.

Sessions are offered in English. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and supports clients who are ready to take steps toward greater wellbeing.

How her approaches translate to online work

Priscilla uses mindfulness therapy to help people build awareness of thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations. That practice can reduce reactivity and support coping during stressful moments. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which centers the person’s own goals and perspective and aims to make sessions feel understood and guided by the client. Cognitive behavioral therapy is another tool she uses to help identify unhelpful thinking and try small, practical experiments to change behavior and mood.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adapt methods as work progresses. Clients help shape the pace and focus of therapy so that sessions feel relevant and doable.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, shorten travel time, and allow quick check-ins when needed. It can also accommodate quieter or lower-bandwidth interactions if video is difficult. Talk with the therapist when scheduling to match session timing and format to daily life.