Lilia Gonzalez-Joly, LMFT
California · 16 years in practice
Lilia Gonzalez-Joly is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 16 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 106107 · expires September 2027
- NPI
- 1407168545 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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About Lilia
Lilia Gonzalez-Joly is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 16 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with relationship or family tensions, trauma and abuse, and questions about career and purpose. Lilia creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about hard feelings and take steps toward change.
She draws on Jungian therapy to pay attention to personal meaning, symbols, and inner patterns that show up in everyday life.
Background and approach
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and take values-based action. Those approaches are mixed into conversations that stay practical and grounded. Lilia pays close attention to how attachment and early relationships shape present behavior.
She works with clients on communication problems, forgiveness, and issues of guilt and shame. Sessions focus on small, manageable shifts that add up over time. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
The therapist’s style is patient and supportive while still encouraging honest work. People who want to reconnect with themselves or improve key relationships often find this approach useful. For someone feeling stuck, Lilia aims to help clarify goals and try new ways of coping.
She supports people as they test out changes, reflect on results, and adapt their plans. The work is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lilia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Self-love
Approaches Lilia names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative 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
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Jungian therapy looks at the stories and symbols that show up in a person’s life to help uncover deeper meaning. It can be useful for people wanting to understand recurring patterns and what their experiences mean to them. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on actions tied to personal values. It often helps with motivation, shame, and moving toward meaningful goals. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape present ways of relating and can guide work on communication problems and trust issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to a person’s goals and preferences and then collaborate to try techniques that fit. That may mean linking Jungian reflection with ACT exercises or focusing on attachment-based practices depending on what feels most helpful in session.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing brief exchanges between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work from different locations.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Lilia commonly address?
She helps people with relationship and family tension, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and career questions. Additional focus areas include communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, and self-love.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her sessions are calm and nonjudgmental and balance reflection with practical steps. She encourages people to notice patterns and try small changes between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 16 years of professional work experience to her practice. That experience informs how she blends different approaches in session.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California. The profile lists California as her location.
In what languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats does she use?
She works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats allow for flexible ways to connect depending on needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
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