About Lucie
Lucie Bornmann is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 17 years of clinical experience in Europe and California. She offers a steady, paced approach that follows each person's goals and timing.
Background and approach
Lucie communicates clearly and uses straightforward methods to help people make changes that fit their lives. She has worked in psychiatric public hospitals, foster care, and schools, which shaped her practical problem-solving style.
That background informs how she helps people cope with anxiety, obsessive thoughts, post-traumatic stress, depression, and major life adjustments. Sessions focus on real-life skills and small steps that add up over time.
Lucie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each situation. She explains options and helps people choose approaches that match their needs.
The work tends to be collaborative, hands-on, and focused on measurable progress rather than abstract theory. Her practice supports people dealing with stress, anger, attachment concerns, caregiver strain, communication problems, and mood disorders.
She also addresses issues related to pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum depression, and self-harm with care and attention to safety. Lucie speaks English and French and provides services from California.
Her style is calm and practical. She helps people notice patterns, test small changes, and develop tools they can use outside sessions.
The emphasis is on meaningful steps and building on strengths to reach clearer, manageable goals.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Lucie commonly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that translate well to online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; it helps with anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive thinking by teaching practical coping skills. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and commit to actions that matter, supporting those who struggle with avoidance, guilt, or life transitions. When appropriate, she may also draw on trauma-focused methods that use guided processing to reduce the hold of traumatic memories and lessen symptoms of post-traumatic stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the person's goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients and therapist work together to measure progress and pick techniques that feel useful and realistic.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical access. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging can help with brief check-ins, between-session support, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other commitments while keeping the focus on real-world change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- 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