About Brandi
Brandi Ellis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She believes clients know their own stories and brings a practical, respectful approach to help them build on their strengths.
Brandi speaks in clear, everyday language and aims to make the first steps less intimidating for people who are worried or overwhelmed. Brandi uses a mix of tools to match each person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
How Brandi works
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and habits. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. Attachment-based work is part of her approach when relationship patterns and early experiences shape current struggle.
Brandi values warmth and straightforward feedback in sessions, helping people practice new ways of relating and coping. She supports people working through grief, trauma and addiction concerns by focusing on coping skills and realistic goals.
With 12 years of clinical experience in California, Brandi has experience across many concerns including parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and major mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. She tailors pacing and focus to each person's needs and goals. Brandi offers sessions in English and provides online and phone-based formats to fit different schedules.
Starting therapy begins with a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling the first session when ready.
Brandi lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Brandi works with
The areas below are the ones Brandi selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Brandi often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on noticing the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and trying small experiments to change them. This approach is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep and eating problems, and many day-to-day patterns.She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take value-driven action even when difficult feelings are present. That approach is helpful for stress, chronic worry, and life transitions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Brandi treats therapy as a team effort and will help figure out which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences. She adjusts pacing and techniques based on feedback and what helps most in early sessions.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, shorter sessions, or ongoing support between longer appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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