Adriene Faust

Adriene Faust is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 20 years of professional experience. She helps people who are dealing with grief, addiction, trauma, anxiety, depression, and stress. She also supports those facing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and life changes that feel overwhelming. Her style is warm and respectful and she aims to meet people where they are.

Adriene shapes conversations around each person's needs and goals. She works with clients to build practical steps for coping, managing difficult feelings, and improving relationships. Sessions focus on short-term strategies and skills you can use between meetings as well as deeper work when that fits the client's goals.

Her approach draws from several evidence-informed methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Adriene blends techniques to match a person's situation rather than sticking to one method. This helps people address problems like addiction, grief, caregiver burnout, chronic illness, and communication problems more directly.

Adriene emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in the therapy room. She invites clients to take small, manageable steps toward change and growth. Many clients find her focus on practical tools and steady support useful when coping with major life transitions.

To start, she encourages anyone curious about counseling to reflect on what matters most and what they hope to change. That clarity helps shape early sessions and a plan that fits each person's daily life and responsibilities.

How therapy methods translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without being controlled by them and commit to values-based action. It can be useful for grief, anxiety, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which often helps with depression, anxiety, sleep, and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and can guide work on intimacy and communication.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Adriene will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as needs evolve.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, help with consistent check-ins, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use different tools during sessions, such as worksheets or brief behavioral exercises, that support skills practice between meetings. Licensed professionals help clients find rhythms and formats that match their day-to-day routines and responsibilities.