Molly Dehrey-Buckman, LCSW

Molly Dehrey-Buckman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California who focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family concerns, parenting, and midlife transitions. She frames sessions around each person’s story and strengths. Molly encourages people to take the first step toward a more satisfying life and offers steady support along the way.

With eight years of experience, Molly helps people talk through everyday pressures and major life changes. She works with common concerns like anxiety and relationship strain, and she supports parents managing the ongoing demands of caregiving. She also addresses family of origin issues, fertility-related stress, and the emotional impact of separation or divorce.

Molly attends to attachment concerns and issues related to neurodiversity, including autism and Asperger syndrome. She also helps people who struggle with body image, codependency, commitment worries, or feelings of emptiness. Caregiver stress and the effects of disruptive mood challenges in family members are part of her practice focus as well.

Her approach starts from the belief that clients are the experts on their lives. Sessions aim to identify strengths, try small changes, and build skills for coping with stress and transitions. Molly partners with each person to set practical goals and to find ways to make daily life feel more manageable.

People interested in working with Molly can expect straightforward conversation, practical problem solving, and steady encouragement as they try new ways of handling old patterns.

How evidence-based approaches guide online care

Many therapists draw on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and skills practice. One common approach helps people learn coping skills for anxiety and stress by teaching simple breathing and thinking techniques, and by practicing them in real life to reduce overwhelm. Another commonly used method addresses relationship and attachment issues by looking at patterns in how people connect, naming those patterns, and trying new ways of interacting that feel safer and more satisfying.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will partner with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration can include trying a few different techniques and adjusting the plan as clients notice what helps most.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm available online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people meet from wherever they spend their day, which often helps keep momentum between appointments and supports steady progress.