Stephanie Lanza, LMFT

Stephanie Lanza is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with eight years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and relationship or family concerns. She also supports people facing parenting challenges, adoption and foster care issues, and recovery from trauma and abuse.

Her sessions focus on practical steps clients can use day to day. She centers conversations on strengths and on what the client wants to change. She draws on straightforward tools rather than clinical jargon, and keeps goals concrete and measurable.

Stephanie combines Client-Centered methods with elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. That means she listens for what matters to each person, looks at thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going, and creates short-term strategies to test what helps. She also brings Trauma-Focused ideas when past trauma is affecting current life.

Her background includes work with adoptive and foster parents and with people recovering from post-traumatic stress. Over eight years she has supported people across a range of life stages and concerns, including ADHD, addictions, grief, and career stress. She uses familiar language and practical exercises rather than technical labels.

Sessions are intended to move toward clear goals such as easing reactivity, reducing daily stress, improving communication, or managing mood swings. Before scheduling, clients are asked to confirm the current session options and logistics so they know what to expect.

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