Dr. Justin Lutz
Warm, practical support for family and parenting
- Credentials
- CA Psychologist 31972
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Justin
Dr. Justin Lutz greets people who are nervous about starting therapy with patience and straightforward support. He acknowledges how hard it can feel to find the right clinician and to open up.
He thanks anyone who has already taken that first step and aims to make the next steps easier to take. His style is warm and compassionate. He builds a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through painful memories and confusing feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on helping clients tell a clearer story about themselves and find practical ways to change patterns that cause distress. Dr. Lutz is a California licensed psychologist - CA Psychologist 31972 - with 23 years of clinical experience.
He has worked with people facing depression, mood disorders, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, substance use, and grief. He also focuses on relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, and identity questions within the LGBT community. His training includes work with system-impacted teenagers who were involved in juvenile justice.
He has supported teens and adults through trauma, anxiety, and substance-related problems. He also assists clients who are exploring gender identity and life changes as they plan next steps. Conversations with him tend to blend practical strategies and careful listening.
He uses approaches that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try small changes, and practice new ways of reacting. To begin, he invites a brief phone consultation to hear what is bringing someone to therapy and to answer questions about the process.
Practical approaches for online family and parenting support
Dr. Lutz uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, listening-based space where clients set the pace and topics for work. This approach helps with building trust, discussing family patterns, and deciding what to address first.He also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts and actions influence mood and behavior. CBT offers tools for changing unhelpful thinking, managing strong emotions, and trying new behaviors in family interactions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then tailor sessions to fit the needs of the person or family. This shared decision making helps keep work practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules and to continue work between meetings. The range of formats also allows people to pick the way of communicating that feels most comfortable for them.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Justin
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