About Lisa
Lisa Lucius is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, addiction, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She works with clients dealing with grief, parenting strain, identity and LGBT questions, ADHD, and life transitions. Lisa brings a calm, nonjudgmental presence and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.
Her approach centers on clear tools and collaborative care. She uses client-centered techniques to follow what matters most to each person.
How Lisa works
She also applies cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness practices are offered when they fit the client's goals. Lisa draws on ten years of clinical experience in California.
Her background includes work with people who have severe mental health needs as well as those pursuing personal growth. She emphasizes teaching skills such as assertive communication and emotion regulation that people can practice between sessions. Sessions are practical and skills-focused when needed, and exploratory when people want to understand patterns from their past.
Lisa may include work on attachment, abandonment wounds, or family of origin issues if those relate to current struggles. She also supports people coping with illness, hospice and end-of-life questions, and issues around forgiveness, guilt, or shame. Her style is straightforward and compassionate.
She guides steps toward manageable change and helps clients set achievable goals. Lisa is licensed in California as an LMFT and conducts sessions in English.
Lisa lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the client. It helps people feel heard and guides the pace of work based on their needs. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches specific skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication skills to manage intense feelings.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Lisa works collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. Together they try strategies, review what helps, and adjust the plan based on progress and feedback.
Online formats give practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for skill practice and role play. Phone sessions can be a good shorter option or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, ongoing skill coaching, and brief check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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