Lance Lashley

Lance Lashley is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New Mexico. He holds LCSW and LISW credentials and brings six years of professional experience to sessions. Lance focuses on practical ways to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning.

Lance works with people facing anxiety and depression. He also supports those navigating bipolar mood patterns, relationship struggles, and issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity. He aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.

In a session, Lance tailors conversation and a plan to each person’s needs. He uses clear, direct techniques so clients leave with concrete steps. Expect a mix of short-term skills and deeper reflection depending on what helps most.

Lance draws from several approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, and motivational interviewing. He combines these with psychodynamic and solution-focused ways of looking at problems when useful.

He encourages people to see starting therapy as a courageous step. Sessions focus on what clients want to change, and on building manageable steps toward those goals. The tone is practical, collaborative, and respectful.

Approaches used online and how they help

Many people find cognitive behavioral therapy helpful for changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; CBT provides tools to notice thoughts, test them, and try small behavioral experiments to see what changes. Dialectical behavior therapy adds practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships, with a focus on distress tolerance and clearer communication. Motivational interviewing is a brief, collaborative way to sort out ambivalence and build internal motivation for change, useful when someone feels stuck.

Finding the best approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan over time. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools feel most useful.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins on busy days. It also lets people use approaches like CBT and DBT skills practice between meetings so progress continues between sessions.