Lois Mallory, LCSW

Lois Mallory is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of practice in California. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, or major life changes. Lois aims to make the first steps feel manageable and supportive for anyone reaching out.

Her style is direct and respectful. She treats each person as the expert on their life and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions include practical tools and chances to talk through difficult feelings and thoughts.

Lois uses several approaches to guide work in therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Attachment-Based ideas shape much of what she offers. Those methods help with unhelpful thinking, building values-based action, and understanding patterns in relationships.

Meetings can be short-term focused work or longer-term support depending on the goals. Lois offers exercises to try between sessions and checks in about what helps most. She also uses a client-centered stance that keeps conversations grounded in each person's priorities.

Lois often supports people dealing with parenting strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, body image and eating issues, ADHD and attention challenges, chronic illness or caregiver stress, and career or self-esteem struggles. She welcomes questions and explains how scheduling and messaging work so people can find a time that fits.

To begin, Lois encourages a simple first step of completing a matching questionnaire and picking a session time. That starts a plan focused on clear goals and steady progress.

Using CBT, ACT, and Attachment ideas in online care

Lois draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes to test new ways of coping. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify what matters to someone and encourage actions that line up with their values. Attachment-Based ideas are used to look at how relationship patterns shape feelings and responses, which can help with intimacy, communication, and abandonment concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lois will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions often blend techniques so the plan matches what a person wants to change and how they like to work.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing tracking, brief coaching, and quick check-ins between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.