Cindee Oswald , LCSW

Cindee Oswald is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with 11 years of professional experience supporting people through transitions, trauma, and life stressors. She combines clinical training with a compassionate, client-centered stance, helping individuals clarify goals and take pragmatic steps toward change. As an LCSW she is trained to assess complex needs, coordinate care, and provide psychotherapy across the lifespan.

Cindee has worked with a wide range of populations, including children, adolescents, parents, military veterans, and families, and she brings experience addressing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, and issues related to identity and LGBTQ care. Her additional areas of focus include hoarding, sleep and eating difficulties, bipolar disorder, career stress, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.

Known for a nurturing, nonjudgmental approach, she emphasizes emotional safety and collaborative goal-setting. She blends techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, EMDR, and mindfulness practices to help clients build connection with themselves and develop practical tools for managing symptoms. Cindee aims to meet clients where they are, pacing work to support growing resilience while offering honest, constructive feedback when appropriate.

Though most of her responsiveness occurs in the evenings and on weekends, she checks messages regularly and strives to reply within a day. She is not currently accepting new clients.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Cindee uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify their values and take actions that align with what matters most, even when difficult thoughts and feelings arise. This approach supports work on anxiety, stress, and life transitions by focusing on meaningful behavior rather than symptom elimination.

She also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new, constructive ways of responding. CBT is often effective for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and coping with everyday stressors.

For trauma-related work she may draw on EMDR techniques to address distressing memories and their emotional impact, helping clients reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions while building adaptive coping skills.

Finding the right approach is collaborative; Cindee partners with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level, and she adjusts strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Cindee is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and communication preferences. These options allow clients to access consistent support from licensed professionals while balancing work, family, and other commitments.