About Lisa
Lisa Encinas is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with seven years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on common concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationships, and coping with life changes. Lisa speaks English, Spanish, and American Sign Language, and aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and respectful.
Her sessions emphasize listening first. She creates space for people to say what they are feeling and thinking without judgment.
How Lisa works
Lisa encourages small steps toward clearer goals and better daily functioning. Over seven years she has supported people facing a wide range of challenges. These include abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and family of origin issues.
She has also worked with concerns related to cancer, HIV/AIDS, guilt and shame, emptiness, and people who are hearing impaired. Lisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people build coping skills and improve how they relate to themselves and others. Her style is practical and collaborative, focusing on achievable changes rather than long lectures.
People who prefer a straightforward, steady approach may find this style helpful. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She works within a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
What Lisa works with
The areas below are the ones Lisa 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
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English, Spanish, American Sign Language |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Lisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skill building and practical change. One approach centers on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and depression. Another emphasizes improving communication and boundaries so relationships feel clearer and less stressful. Each method focuses on specific, workable steps people can try between sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily challenges. Together they will decide which techniques to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats make fitting therapy into a busy life easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when more interaction is helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler to schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, written reflections, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options increase flexibility and help therapy fit into different routines and needs.
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A practical next step
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