About Fred
Fred Lombardo is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. He focuses on practical support for relationship concerns, self-esteem, career questions, and getting motivation back. He emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth approach that treats each person as the expert on their own life.
In sessions he listens first, then works with clients to set clear, manageable goals. He uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices help people reduce reactivity and get more calm in day-to-day life. Fred also draws on client-centered principles, which means sessions are shaped around each person's priorities and pace. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or uncertain about change.
He blends these methods to match what each client needs in the moment. Clients often bring concerns like panic attacks, social anxiety, trouble sleeping, control issues, jealousy, or difficulty coping with life transitions. He pays attention to how stress shows up in work and family life and helps people build practical coping strategies.
Fred likes to keep therapy straightforward and action-oriented while keeping room for deeper reflection when it’s needed. His style is supportive and collaborative, aimed at helping people regain confidence and move toward the life they want.
How Fred's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities. In this approach the therapist reflects what you say and helps you find your own solutions, which is useful when you need someone to help sort through feelings about relationships or life changes.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical tools to reduce panic attacks, manage social anxiety, and change habits that interfere with sleep or work. Mindfulness therapy adds simple attention practices to lower reactivity and increase calm during stressful moments.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Fred will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adapt methods over time so the work matches what’s most helpful. Clients often try steps between sessions and then review results together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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