Adriene Faust, LCSW

Adriene Faust is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with 20 years of professional experience. She helps people cope with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Her approach aims to make changes feel manageable rather than overwhelming.

Adriene listens with respect and sensitivity. She tailors conversations and treatment plans to each person's situation. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings and on small shifts that add up over time.

Her work draws on methods such as acceptance and commitment work, attachment-based approaches, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. Those tools are used to address things like stress, self-esteem, sleep and eating problems, caregiving strain, and substance use concerns.

Clients can expect a collaborative process that acknowledges strengths while addressing difficult patterns. Adriene emphasizes clear goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes. She aims to help people feel more capable of handling life changes and recurring challenges.

People who choose Adriene will find a practitioner who values compassion and empowerment. She invites clients to set the pace and to shape the work so it fits their needs and goals.

Approaches that translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build safer ways of relating to others, which can aid intimacy and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change patterns, often helping with anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Adriene will discuss these methods with clients and decide together which fits best for their goals and preferences. That collaborative decision is revisited as progress is made and needs shift.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They can also let people join from different locations if travel or caregiving responsibilities are a factor. Licensed professionals can adapt the described approaches to remote sessions while helping clients practice skills between meetings.