About Graciela
Graciela Dunn offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life changes. She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in California and uses everyday language to help clients make sense of what they're feeling. Sessions are available in English and Spanish for those who prefer either language.
With 20 years of experience, Graciela focuses on issues such as relationships, grief, self esteem, panic, and mood concerns.
Background and approach
She also helps people who struggle with abandonment, attachment questions, or the pressure of caregiving. Chronic pain, illness, communication breakdowns, and the fallout from separation or divorce are included among areas she addresses. Her approach centers on creating an open space where people can speak honestly and be heard without judgment.
Conversations aim to identify patterns that cause distress and to try practical changes that fit each person's life. She balances validation with clear, doable steps clients can try between sessions. Graciela encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes.
She works with each person to set realistic goals and to adjust strategies when something does not help. The emphasis is on building skills, improving daily functioning, and increasing confidence over time. People who value straightforward guidance, compassionate listening, and practical tools often find this style useful.
Graciela meets clients where they are and supports them in moving toward a more manageable, meaningful life.
Practical approaches and online options that fit daily life
Graciela uses evidence-based techniques that focus on what people can do differently day to day. One approach helps identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that feed anxiety and low mood, teaching straightforward skills to reduce worry and lift mood. Another approach emphasizes understanding attachment and abandonment patterns so clients can make clearer choices in relationships and feel steadier when connections shift.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals and try methods that match the client's needs and preferences. Adjustments are made along the way so the work stays useful and realistic for the person in front of her.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video is useful for deeper conversations, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text is handy for brief check-ins or on-the-go support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical routines while keeping continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish