About Lily
Lily Martinez Lomeli is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, or depression. She meets clients where they are and aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable. Lily speaks English and Spanish and practices in California.
She draws on five years of clinical experience supporting people through big life changes and painful past events. In sessions she focuses on practical tools you can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and goal-oriented, with attention to safety and coping skills when emotions run high. Lily believes each person knows their own story best. She works collaboratively, building on a client’s strengths to face challenges.
That means together setting small, realistic goals and checking progress as therapy continues. Common concerns she addresses include everyday stress, social anxiety and phobia, trouble communicating, and managing anger. She also supports people coping with trauma and abuse and those moving through life transitions.
Sessions may include talks about feelings, learning new ways to respond in difficult moments, and practicing skills to reduce symptoms. Lily aims to help clients notice change and feel more able to handle daily demands. If someone prefers Spanish, she can offer sessions in that language.
Approaches that match life changes and strong emotions
Evidence-based techniques often focus on teaching clear skills to manage symptoms and cope with memories or stress. One common approach involves practical coping skills to reduce anxiety and manage anger - this teaches breathing, grounding, and step-by-step responses to high emotion so moments feel less overwhelming. Another approach addresses trauma and abuse by helping people process difficult memories at a pace they can handle while building safety and daily coping tools.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s life and adjust strategies if something is not working well.
Online sessions make therapy easier to fit into a busy week. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing check-ins, written reflections, or quick skill coaching between longer sessions. These options increase flexibility and help people keep momentum while working toward their goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish