- Values-focused work
- Practical coping tools
- Warm client-centered care
About Lois
Lois Mallory is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 27 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and major life changes. Lois encourages each person to use their own strengths as they work through hard moments and difficult feelings.
She centers sessions on practical tools and steady support. Lois creates a calm space where people can talk through what matters to them and try new ways of coping. She invites clients to notice values and goals and to take small steps toward those priorities.
Lois draws from several approaches, including cognitive behavioral ideas to reframe unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, and attachment-informed ways of looking at relationships. She also uses client-centered techniques that follow each person’s pace and concerns.
People come to her for a wide range of worries, including addiction, chronic illness, parenting strain, work stress, body image concerns, and coping with natural or human-caused disaster. Sessions also address relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and caregiver fatigue.
She communicates openly about scheduling and replies to messages several times a day Tuesday through Saturday when possible. Prospective clients are invited to select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to begin the process.
How Lois Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Lois often draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change patterns of thinking and behavior that worsen anxiety or depression. CBT is practical and problem-focused, and it can be useful for worry, low mood, and some habit changes.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps in that direction even when feelings are hard. ACT can support coping with grief, trauma-related distress, and life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lois talks with each person about their goals and preferences and adjusts methods collaboratively. Together they decide which strategies to try and how to pace the work so it fits the person’s life.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. The therapist’s profile describes scheduling and messaging practices, and clients are encouraged to check available times and choose what fits their routine. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy can happen around other commitments.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
27+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Lois help with?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, and coping with life changes, among others.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is calm and practical. She offers tools, encourages values-based actions, and follows each person’s pace in sessions.
What is her professional background?
Lois holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and brings 27 years of professional experience to her work.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is licensed in California as an LCSW and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.