Thoughtful Therapy. Real Conversation. Meaningful Change.
I believe good therapy should feel deeply human.
Therapy with me allows you to bring the polished parts of yourself into the room—and the parts you are far less certain about. A place you are able to talk about your career, your marriage, ambition, resentment, money, family, success, disappointment, fear, desire, and the questions you may not feel comfortable asking anywhere else. My role is not simply to listen. It is to understand you carefully, notice patterns that may be difficult to see from inside your own life, ask questions that move the work forward, and help you develop new ways of relating to yourself and the people who matter most to you. Our relationship is central to that work. Therapy should offer enough safety for honesty and enough challenge for something genuinely new to emerge. We will look at how you arrived where you are, what may be keeping you there, and what needs to change for your life and relationships to feel more like your own. The work is compassionate, but it is not passive. My hope is that you leave therapy knowing yourself more deeply, trusting yourself more fully, and feeling increasingly able to create the kind of life and relationships you want to inhabit.
What I Offer
Individual Therapy
For accomplished adults navigating anxiety, depression, relationships, professional pressure, identity, life transitions, and the complicated space between outward success and internal fulfillment.
Couples Therapy
For couples who want to understand recurring patterns, communicate differently, deepen intimacy, repair disconnection, experience more joy and protect the relationship they have built together.
Business Relationship Therapy
Family Therapy
For adult families navigating longstanding dynamics, conflict, transitions, boundaries, and relationships that matter enough to understand more deeply.
Online Therapy
Discreet, convenient psychotherapy for clients located throughout California and New York. For professionals with demanding schedules, online therapy allows meaningful work to remain part of your life without requiring another complicated commute or logistical obligation.
Endorsements
“Nancy Lumb, LCSW is an excellent therapist. I have had the privilege of being her colleague in two different practice settings over the last ten years where I have consistently found her to be well-informed, compassionate, and able to effectively support her clients in facing their difficulties. Her warmth and empathy along with the exceptional clinical care she delivers are hallmarks of her practice. I highly recommend her.” Dr. Edward Moore, MD Psychiatrist
“Nancy Is a warm, compassionate, and ethical therapist. Her ability to form a strong therapeutic relationship while providing a safe place where clients are gently challenged helps them grow and flourish in her practice. Whether you are looking for support as an individual or as a couple or adult family I would recommend her without hesitation. ” Dr. Phuong Truong, MD Psychatrist
A different kind of private space
Your professional life may require you to be decisive.
Your family may rely on you to be steady.
Your partner may know many parts of you but still not know everything you carry.
And your friends may see the life you have built without fully understanding what it costs you to maintain it.
Therapy gives you a relationship in which you do not have to take care of anyone else. A place to think. A place to feel.
A place to notice what you have been too busy to notice.
And ultimately, a place to decide what you want the next chapter of your life to look like.
You don’t have to wait for something to fall apart.
Some people begin therapy because they are suffering.
Others begin because they are functioning beautifully and know something could still be better.
Both are good reasons to start.
If you are considering therapy, we can begin with a complimentary consultation to discuss what brings you here, what you are looking for, and whether working together feels like the right fit.
I look forward to hearing from you
Let's Talk
Nancy Lumb, LCSW
Psychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor
Online psychotherapy throughout
California + New York
CA License #74311 – NY License #095285
NPI # 1780947994