- 30 years experience
- Faith informed approach
- Practical coping skills
About Bonnie
Bonnie Giles is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, mood concerns, and panic attacks. She works in California and brings a straightforward, compassionate style. Her manner is honest and faith-informed for those who find that helpful.
Bonnie focuses on practical steps clients can use between sessions. She talks through coping skills, pacing for change, and ways to reduce intense symptoms. Sessions emphasize building resilience, clearer self-understanding, and everyday strategies to steady mood and reduce anxiety.
Her work includes support for people facing trauma, caregiving strain, transitions, and mood disorders. She also offers guidance around relationship and communication struggles, parenting concerns, and issues related to aging and hospice care. Veterans and people dealing with life purpose questions are among the groups she has supported over the years.
Bonnie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape sessions rather than a single rigid method. She aims to match approaches to what a person needs and prefers, and to help them try ideas that fit their life. Conversations are oriented toward practical change and emotional healing.
Clients can expect a clinician who listens, asks clear questions, and suggests step-by-step tools. The goal is to help people manage symptoms, regain steadiness, and pursue meaningful next steps in daily life.
How Bonnie Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online
Bonnie draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people handle panic, anxiety, trauma, and mood concerns. Cognitive-style approaches focus on noticing unhelpful thought patterns and testing more balanced ways of thinking; these methods can reduce the intensity of panic and anxious thoughts. Skills-based strategies teach breathing, grounding, and step-by-step coping tools that people can use during moments of high anxiety.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Bonnie works with each person to identify goals, try different methods, and adjust based on what helps most. She uses sessions to coach practical skills, review how strategies worked during the week, and plan small, achievable steps forward.
Please confirm which online session formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow more consistent follow-through on homework and skill practice. It also lets people choose quieter times for focused work, opt for shorter check-ins when needed, and keep therapy part of an everyday routine without major disruption.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Bonnie commonly address?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, mood disorders, and panic attacks, among other challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is direct, compassionate, and faith-informed when appropriate, with an emphasis on practical skills and honest conversation.
What is her professional background?
Bonnie is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of practice working with people facing trauma, mood concerns, caregiving stress, and life transitions.
Where does she practice and what credential does she hold?
She practices in California and holds the LCSW credential, listed as CA LCSW.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats Bonnie is offering at the time you schedule.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.