About Lilian
Lilian Zelaya-Coria is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with nine years of professional experience. She speaks English and Spanish and brings a multicultural perspective to sessions. Lilian emphasizes a warm, collaborative style and aims to help people manage anxiety, stress, and life changes while building practical coping skills.
She focuses on understanding how past experiences shape present feelings. Lilian uses trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches to help clients learn tools that fit their lives.
Background and approach
Sessions may include guided imagery, journaling, music, and expressive arts to process emotions and improve mood regulation. Before independent practice she worked in early childhood mental health, the non-profit sector, with Child Protective Services, and as a school therapist in K-12 settings.
Her background includes work with people affected by trauma, abuse, grief, juvenile delinquency, substance use concerns, family violence, and other crises. Lilian prioritizes a client-centered process where the person in front of her is the expert on their life. She pairs reflection with solution-focused strategies and offers mindfulness and somatic techniques like progressive muscle relaxation to support a mind-body connection.
She does not provide couples therapy. New clients should expect the first sessions to be an opportunity to see if therapy is a good fit and to set a consistent schedule moving forward.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral strategies focus on understanding how traumatic events affect thoughts and behaviors. These techniques help people reduce anxiety and process difficult memories through structured steps and skill-building.Cognitive behavioral methods emphasize identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. This approach is useful for anxiety, low mood, and improving day-to-day coping by teaching clear tools for managing reactions.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful, then try techniques that fit those needs. Sessions evolve based on feedback and what is working for the client.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera time is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins and ongoing support between longer appointments. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and maintain continuity of care with licensed professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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