Lynne Klaus, LCSW, CSW, LISW

Lynne Klaus is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and major life changes. She presents a calm, compassionate presence and offers time to talk through what feels overwhelming. Many people come when they feel stuck, numb, or burned out and want a steadier way forward.

Her approach blends practical strategies with attention to relationships and meaning. Lynne draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and ACT to clarify values and build small, workable habits. She also uses attachment-based and emotionally focused ways of looking at how past and current relationships shape feelings and behavior.

Sessions are conversational and goal oriented. She listens for patterns and helps people try new ways of responding to stress and cravings. Work may include short experiments, skills practice, and looking at how connections with others affect mood and recovery.

Lynne has worked across community and clinical settings and has supported people facing grief, caregiving strain, body image concerns, health challenges like cancer, adoption and foster care issues, and trouble with communication and commitment. She helps people clarify what matters and take steps that fit their life.

If someone is unsure where to start she asks simple questions about daily struggles and priorities, then builds a partnership to address those concerns at a manageable pace.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and building small actions that align with those values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and for people who want concrete steps to reduce avoidance. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape emotion and trust and can help with patterns of disconnection or repeated relationship pain. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental meeting where the therapist follows the person's pace and priorities and is helpful when someone needs space to be heard and make sense of their experience.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit best based on their goals, symptoms, and what feels manageable. That collaboration can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

The biography does not list which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or make attending possible when juggling appointments or caregiving. Many people find the ability to meet from different locations helps keep consistency, and therapy methods like ACT and CBT adapt well to remote conversations and exercises.