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Lynaia Freund, LMFT

  • Experience21 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Addictions, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Lynaia

Lynaia Freund is a licensed marriage and family therapist who aims to help people feeling stuck by offering trauma-informed, compassionate care. With 21 years of professional experience in clinical settings and independent practice, she brings focused work on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression.

Background and approach

Her background includes long-term work in addiction recovery and clinical hospital chaplaincy, which informs a sensitive approach to complex emotional and spiritual concerns. Freund integrates several therapy methods to support healing, including Internal Family Systems and EMDR alongside client-centered and psychodynamic practices.

She uses EMDR techniques to help clients process painful memories and reduce the intensity of distressing thoughts and feelings. Drawing on mindfulness and solution-focused ideas, she helps clients build practical skills for coping, improving motivation, and strengthening self-esteem.

Her practice also addresses related issues such as abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, communication problems, divorce, and family of origin dynamics. Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental atmosphere where emotional material is explored at a manageable pace.

Freund works with each person to tailor treatment to their goals and circumstances, using her clinical experience to guide collaborative, goal-oriented care in California.

Online approaches that support trauma work and personal growth

Internal Family Systems (IFS) views the mind as composed of parts that carry feelings, beliefs, and protective strategies; IFS work helps people gently access and understand those parts so they can reduce inner conflict and heal from past wounds. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) uses structured processing to reduce the emotional intensity of traumatic memories and distressing images, which can help with trauma, grief, panic, and stuck patterns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaboration so the client’s own goals and values guide the pace and focus of treatment.

Finding the right approach often unfolds over the first few sessions. The therapist will work collaboratively to assess needs, explain options like IFS or EMDR, and recommend a pathway that aligns with the client’s goals, preferences, and comfort level rather than prescribing a single method from the outset.

Offering therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provides flexibility to fit work and family schedules and to maintain continuity if travel or life changes occur. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver trauma-focused, mindfulness, and client-centered interventions in ways that can be adapted to each person’s practical needs and therapeutic goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression and also addresses related topics such as abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic pain and family issues.
What is the therapist's style and therapeutic approach?
The approach blends client-centered care with trauma-focused methods, psychodynamic reflection, mindfulness practices, and EMDR to help clients process difficult memories and build coping skills.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
The therapist has 21 years of professional experience including work in addiction recovery and many years as a clinical hospital chaplain in a major trauma center.
What credentials and location information are provided?
She is an LMFT licensed in California with license number CA LMFT 39956 and practices from California.
Which languages and international availability are offered?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions available?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin an appointment?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

21+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English