About Lucie
Lucie Bornmann is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 17 years of clinical experience. She practices in California and speaks English and French. Lucie uses a paced, client-centered approach so people can work toward realistic goals at a comfortable speed.
She has worked in a range of settings, including psychiatric public hospitals, foster care, and schools. That background shaped her skills supporting people facing anxiety, panic, trauma, obsessive thoughts, and mood difficulties.
Background and approach
She also helps with stress, anger, and major life changes. In sessions she focuses on practical tools and clear steps. Conversations often involve learning strategies to manage worry, handle panic, reduce compulsive behaviors, and cope after trauma.
She aims for short-term skills people can use between meetings. Lucie draws on several evidence-based techniques to match the needs of each person. She emphasizes a nonjudgmental stance and steady pacing so people feel able to try new ways of responding.
Her work is goal-oriented and collaborative. People who choose her often want straightforward guidance and real coping tools. She supports those who want to understand why they react the way they do and build routines that reduce distress.
Her practice is organized around each person's goals and daily life demands.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Lucie uses well-established techniques to help people manage anxiety and related concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against reality; it teaches practical skills for reducing worry, panic, and low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and clarifies values to guide meaningful action.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lucie will discuss options and tailor methods to fit a person's goals, daily life, and comfort level. That collaboration guides which techniques are prioritized and how quickly new tools are introduced.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, ongoing support, or times when typing feels more manageable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, childcare, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, French
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