About Hannah
Hannah Bernard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California who works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life changes. She aims to help people find practical ways to cope, build confidence, and make decisions that fit their values. Her tone is straightforward and compassionate, focused on clear steps rather than jargon.
Hannah uses a flexible mix of approaches so sessions match each person's needs.
Background and approach
She often combines Client-Centered care with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness tools to address mood and worry. Sessions include talking through problems, trying small behavior changes, and practicing skills to reduce distress. She also supports people handling medical challenges, caregiving stress, cancer, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns.
Hannah helps clients who struggle with isolation, low self-worth, family and communication problems, and life purpose questions. She works with commitment, codependency, and fertility-related stress as well. In the room she aims to be genuine, non-judgmental, and collaborative.
That means clients set goals and Hannah offers techniques and feedback to reach them. Therapy may include brief homework, mindfulness practice, or step-by-step plans to manage symptoms like insomnia or anxiety. Hannah has three years of clinical experience and holds California license CA LCSW 107800.
She offers sessions in English across California using telehealth. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits their timing.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person as they are. A therapist offers empathy and acceptance, and together they set goals that make sense for the client. This approach helps with low self-worth, life direction, and emotional recovery.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In sessions clients learn to notice unhelpful thinking, test those thoughts, and try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety or depression. CBT is practical for managing worry, mood shifts, and sleep problems.
Mindfulness Therapy adds simple attention and breathing practices that help reduce reactivity and boost calm. These tools are useful when stress, chronic pain, or rumination get in the way of daily life.
Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This collaborative process means approaches can be mixed to fit each person's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option during a busy day. Live chat and text are helpful for brief check-ins, coping tools between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make therapy easier to fit into daily life and support consistent progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English