About Hannah
Hannah Bernard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California who works with adults by telehealth. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Her approach aims to help people find clearer direction and practical ways to cope.
Hannah uses straightforward conversation to help clients spot patterns and try small changes that make a real difference. She blends client-centered listening with strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness.
Background and approach
That mix helps clients test new behaviors, calm strong emotions, and shift unhelpful thinking. She also supports people facing medical challenges, caregiving strain, chronic pain or illness, fertility concerns, grief and end-of-life matters. Hannah pays attention to how these life factors overlap with mood and sleep problems so plans address the whole day-to-day picture.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. She asks practical questions, teaches skills you can use between sessions, and checks in about what is and isn’t helping. Clients set the pace and priorities while she offers options to try.
Hannah entered social work because she believes people have strengths to build on. Her practice centers on respect, honesty, and supporting clients as they make choices that reflect their values. She brings three years of professional experience to her telehealth practice across California.
How Hannah’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. It gives space for someone to say what matters most while the therapist reflects and asks questions to clarify values and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and offers practical tools to test and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Hannah will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try approaches that fit those needs. She works together with clients to adjust methods as they learn what helps and what does not, so therapy stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send brief updates, try exercises between sessions, or get support when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while using the selected therapeutic approaches to address stress, anxiety, relationships, and life changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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