Lynaia Freund, LMFT
California · 21 years in practice
Lynaia Freund is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 21 years of professional experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 39956 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1275392086 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Lynaia
Lynaia Freund is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 21 years of professional experience. She offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, and depression. Her approach centers on meeting each person where they are and helping them make workable changes.
In sessions she emphasizes listening and collaboration. Lynaia draws on client-centered methods to build trust and understand what matters most to the individual.
Background and approach
She also uses EMDR as one of several tools to help people process difficult memories and painful feelings. Her background includes long experience in addiction recovery settings and many years working in medical and trauma care as a clinical hospital chaplain. That history shaped her understanding of crisis, loss, and spiritual questions that often arise in therapy.
She helps people address motivation, self-esteem, and feeling stuck. Lynaia blends mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns in thinking and behavior, and she uses solution-focused techniques to set practical goals. Sessions are paced to fit each person’s needs and energy.
She aims to create an open, compassionate space where people can talk about hard things without judgment. Getting started is acknowledged as a step that takes courage, and she works to make the process straightforward and respectful.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lynaia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Lynaia names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a working relationship. Online sessions follow that same pattern - the therapist listens actively, reflects what she hears, and helps you set goals that feel doable. This approach is especially useful for stress, anxiety, and self-esteem work.EMDR is used as a method to help people process painful memories and strong emotions. In an online setting, EMDR techniques can be adapted to video or phone formats so the person can work through specific memories and reduce their emotional intensity. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to manage anxiety and cravings, and those exercises can be practiced between sessions and checked in on during live calls.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will discuss options and tailor methods to your goals, needs, and comfort level rather than prescribing a single path. That conversation is part of the first sessions and can change over time as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits short check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Lynaia focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression plus related issues such as abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and family of origin problems.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She listens first, then uses practical steps and tailored techniques to help people move forward.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 21 years of professional experience, including many years working in addiction recovery and 14 years as a clinical hospital chaplain at a major trauma center in Southern California.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - licensed in California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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