About Lilian
Lilian Zulewski is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with four years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family conflicts, and depression.
Background and approach
Lilian speaks English and Spanish and works to make conversations straightforward and understandable. She helps clients navigate life changes and the emotions that come with them.
Sessions are aimed at creating a calm space where people can talk about difficult thoughts and feelings. Lilian emphasizes practical steps people can try between meetings to notice small changes over time.
Her approach centers on clear communication and collaborative goal-setting. She pays attention to how patterns of thinking and behavior affect daily life and relationships.
When communication problems, control issues, or feelings of guilt and shame are present, Lilian helps people identify small, doable shifts they can make. Lilian also supports people working through isolation, social anxiety, panic attacks, and struggles with self-worth or life purpose.
She guides clients toward greater self-compassion and tools for handling intense moments. The work is paced to match each person’s needs and readiness for change.
In sessions she offers a mix of conversation and practical strategies. Clients can expect straightforward feedback, options to practice new approaches, and a focus on what will help in their daily routines.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Many people benefit from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on thoughts, behaviors, and practical skills. One common approach helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small experiments to test them. This can reduce anxiety and improve mood by changing how daily situations are interpreted.Another useful approach emphasizes building steady coping skills and activity changes. It focuses on creating routines, gradual exposure to feared situations like social anxiety or panic triggers, and simple behavioral shifts that reduce avoidance and increase confidence.
Choosing the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which techniques to focus on and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers a flexible way to work through these approaches. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for short check-ins, processing between sessions, and people who prefer writing to speaking.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish