About Lois
Lois Mallory is a licensed clinical social worker with 27 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD-related concerns. She approaches therapy with warmth and respect, inviting clients to use their existing strengths while they work through difficult moments. Lois aims to make the first step feel manageable and straightforward for someone who is worried or unsure.
Lois uses practical, evidence-informed techniques in sessions. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and take steps that matter.
Background and approach
Client-Centered methods guide how she listens and responds, and Attachment-Based ideas inform how she explores close relationships. In the room she focuses on clear tools and steady support. Sessions might include skill-building, problem-solving, and gentle examination of past experiences that inform present struggles.
Lois explains concepts plainly and helps people try out new ways of coping between visits. Lois has worked with a wide range of concerns across many years in California. That background helps her handle complex situations like co-occurring conditions, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and change after loss.
She also supports people facing issues related to intimacy, body image, workplace strain, and substance concerns. People who choose her are usually looking for a practical, compassionate guide. Lois aims to help clients find clearer daily routines, better ways to manage intense emotions, and choices that align with their values.
How therapeutic approaches translate online
Lois commonly draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online work. CBT helps people identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety or low mood by using structured practice and simple exercises. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and taking meaningful steps even when hard feelings remain, which can help with motivation and day-to-day decision making.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they may try one method and adjust it over time so the approach matches the person's needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video works well for a more conversational, face-to-face feel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or fitting therapy into a busy day. These options make it simpler to keep a regular schedule and to access care from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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