- Goal focused
- Practical tools
- Warm listening
About Lani
Lani Stoner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with nearly three decades of clinical experience. She offers calm, practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, and self esteem concerns. Her style aims to make sessions straightforward and focused so people can take small steps forward.
She began working in mental health in the 1970s after earning a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology. Much of her early career was in county and agency settings, including long work with adults experiencing chronic mental illness. Since moving into independent practice she has worked with individuals, couples, and groups across a wide range of life issues.
Her approach tends toward shorter-term, goal-focused work, though she has also provided longer-term therapy when it fits a person’s needs. She draws on client-centered conversation to understand each person, then uses tools from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused work to address unhelpful patterns and find practical steps. Mindfulness and narrative ideas are woven in to help people reconnect with values and meaning.
Lani has experience supporting people coping with trauma and abuse, caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, addiction, parenting strain, and issues specific to LGBTQQIP2SAA identities. She has also worked with first responders and military populations in volunteer and pro bono roles.
Based in California, she uses a collaborative stance in sessions, helping people set clear goals and try manageable changes. To get started clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
She began working in mental health in the 1970s after earning a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology. Much of her early career was in county and agency settings, including long work with adults experiencing chronic mental illness. Since moving into independent practice she has worked with individuals, couples, and groups across a wide range of life issues.
Her approach tends toward shorter-term, goal-focused work, though she has also provided longer-term therapy when it fits a person’s needs. She draws on client-centered conversation to understand each person, then uses tools from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused work to address unhelpful patterns and find practical steps. Mindfulness and narrative ideas are woven in to help people reconnect with values and meaning.
Lani has experience supporting people coping with trauma and abuse, caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, addiction, parenting strain, and issues specific to LGBTQQIP2SAA identities. She has also worked with first responders and military populations in volunteer and pro bono roles.
Based in California, she uses a collaborative stance in sessions, helping people set clear goals and try manageable changes. To get started clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.