Lydia Fabbroni, LCSW

Lydia Fabbroni is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage mood and life stress. She practices in New Mexico and uses clear, practical methods to help clients move forward. Lydia writes and talks in a straightforward way and aims to make difficult conversations feel manageable.

Lydia has worked in a range of settings, including inpatient psychiatry and emergency care, which shaped her approach to crisis and mood issues. She has long experience supporting people with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, panic attacks, and severe emotion dysregulation. She also helps with relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting strain, and career stress.

Her sessions are collaborative and interactive. Lydia focuses on both validation and change so people feel heard while learning new ways to cope. She uses methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment work, dialectical behavior strategies, motivational interviewing, and client-centered techniques to match what a person needs.

In practical terms she helps clients build skills for managing panic, improving communication, and handling life transitions. Lydia also supports people facing attachment-related struggles, caregiver stress, avoidance patterns, and problems that come from family of origin dynamics. Her style is respectful, goal-oriented, and nonjudgmental.

People who prefer a steady, skills-based approach often find her helpful. She encourages small steps and clear plans so change feels possible. If someone wants a blend of hands-on skills and supportive listening, Lydia’s approach aims to provide both.

Using CBT and ACT online to build practical skills

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood symptom management by teaching concrete skills and experiments to try between sessions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify personal values and take committed action toward them while learning to notice painful thoughts without getting stuck. This approach is useful for coping with life changes, persistent worry, and feeling stuck in old patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lydia will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions often blend skills from CBT, ACT, dialectical behavior strategies, and client-centered listening so the plan matches what the person needs.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls are good for real-time conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be faster check-ins or an easier option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates, get brief coaching, or check in between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain steady progress.