About Isabella
Isabella Sarkissian-Ourkhan is a California licensed therapist with 18 years of experience helping people cope with stress and anxiety, manage depression, and strengthen self-esteem. She supports clients facing relationship strain and life transitions, offering steady guidance as people work toward clearer priorities and more confidence.
Isabella aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak openly about what’s on their mind. Sessions focus on practical steps, problem solving, and building skills that people can use between meetings.
How Isabella works
She encourages small changes that add up over time. Her approach centers on listening carefully and tailoring each session to the person in front of her. Conversations move at a pace the client sets, with attention to communication problems, forgiveness, and handling guilt or shame.
Isabella also helps with loneliness, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose or self-love. People often work on clearer boundaries, steadier mood, and improved daily routines. This can include role-playing conversations, setting manageable goals, and practicing coping strategies.
Progress is measured by what the client notices in their day-to-day life. Isabella emphasizes partnership in the work. She supports people who are ready to try new ways of handling old patterns and offers direct feedback and encouragement along the way.
What Isabella works with
The areas below are the ones Isabella selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How therapeutic techniques translate to online care
Isabella uses well-established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and real-world practice. One common approach emphasizes learning coping skills for anxiety and stress - clients learn breathing, grounding, and short practical exercises to reduce distress in daily moments. This helps when worry or tension make it hard to get through routine tasks.Another approach focuses on improving communication and relationship patterns. Work in this area often includes role-play, clarifying values, and practicing new ways to speak and set boundaries. Those techniques are useful for handling conflict, reducing guilt, and rebuilding confidence in interactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Isabella collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time and checks in about what is helping most so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, between-session support, or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.
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