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Online therapist

Lilia Adams

Compassionate, practical help for families

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
23 years
Licensed in
Virginia, Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Lilia

Lilia Adams is a licensed clinical social worker with 23 years of experience helping adults and couples navigate family and parenting concerns. She aims to build a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship so people feel heard and understood from the first conversation. Her style is straightforward and empathetic, focused on practical steps that families can try between sessions.

She uses therapy to address stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions, and to support people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, or difficult life transitions.

Background and approach

Lilia also works with challenges around grief, trauma, intimacy, sleep and eating struggles, and career or workplace stress. She pays special attention to communication problems, codependency, and financial or legal stressors like divorce and separation. Lilia draws on Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize each person’s experience and to shape sessions around what matters most to them.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors, and Motivational Interviewing to support people who want to make lasting changes, such as reducing substance use. Mindfulness and solution-focused tools are woven in to keep sessions practical and goal-oriented.

She holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, with licenses in Florida (FL LCSW SW16679) and Virginia (VA LCSW 0904007771). Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Lilia works with families and on parenting issues as part of her broader practice.

Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps people set clear goals, practice communication skills, and try manageable steps at home. The focus is on making progress that fits each family’s life and values.

Approaches that fit online family and parenting work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person’s needs. It helps families and partners feel understood and clarifies what matters most in their relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and offers concrete strategies to change them. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep or eating struggles, and stress management.

Lilia sees finding the right mix of approaches as a team effort. She will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they try methods that match those goals and adjust as needed so sessions stay practical and relevant.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes scheduling easier for busy households. These formats allow follow-up between visits, shorter check-ins when needed, and more flexibility around work and childcare. The emphasis is on accessible, consistent care that fits each family’s daily life.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of family or personal concerns can Lilia address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family problems, and parenting challenges. Additional areas include grief, trauma, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating issues, career stress, and ADHD.
What is her general therapy style?
The therapist uses a compassionate, nonjudgmental approach and focuses on practical steps. Sessions prioritize the client’s experience and aim for clear communication and achievable goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 23 years of professional experience working with adults and couples on relationship and family issues. That background informs a practical and steady approach to common life stresses.
What are Lilia's credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida as FL LCSW SW16679 and in Virginia as VA LCSW 0904007771.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
In what formats are sessions available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

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Experience
23 years
Licensed
Virginia, Florida
Languages
English

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