About Kalisa
Kalisa Thomas is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 23 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and the strains that come with parenting and family life. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at giving practical tools that fit day-to-day life.
She uses short-term strategies and deeper exploration depending on what a person needs. That can mean learning new ways to handle strong feelings or practicing clearer communication.
How Kalisa works
She pays attention to how culture, roles, and past experiences shape how people cope. Kalisa blends talk-based work with mindful practices and goal-focused steps. Sessions often include problem-solving tasks and chance to reflect on long-standing patterns.
She encourages self-compassion while challenging unhelpful habits that keep people stuck. Her background includes work with a range of life stressors such as grief, trauma, caregiver strain, and mood disorders. She also addresses relationship concerns like jealousy, commitment issues, infidelity, and intimacy-related problems.
Veterans and multicultural concerns are listed among her focus areas. Kalisa holds the credential Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, shown as LMFT, and is licensed in Florida. She offers counseling in English and accepts international clients.
Getting started involves a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling a session once a fit is found.
Kalisa lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Kalisa works with
The areas below are the ones Kalisa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathy and respect. The therapist listens closely and helps people find their own answers, which can ease stress, relationship worries, and self-esteem concerns in online sessions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online work often includes short exercises and practical homework to change unhelpful patterns, useful for anxiety, mood issues, and addictive behaviors.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills and grounding practices. Those skills can reduce reactivity and support recovery from trauma, grief, and burnout when practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what seems most helpful. They can adjust methods over time so sessions fit changing needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and exercises. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or need flexibility across a day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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