About Lizette
Lizette Garcia is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, body image concerns, and changes in life. She speaks plainly and listens closely, aiming to help clients build clearer self-awareness and stronger coping skills.
Many people come to her feeling stuck or ashamed, and she focuses on practical steps toward feeling better day to day. Her work centers on understanding where painful feelings and patterns come from.
How Lizette works
She often uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences shape current behavior and relationships. Lizette pairs that with concrete tools drawn from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches to manage strong emotions and anxious thoughts. Sessions typically explore personal stories and recurring themes to find meaning and change.
She also uses motivational interviewing and narrative techniques to help people clarify goals and rewrite unhelpful self-narratives. The result is a mix of insight and hands-on skills for coping with eating concerns, low self-esteem, depression, isolation, and trauma-related symptoms. Lizette has four years of clinical experience working with adults in California.
She offers counseling in English and uses conversational, respectful language to guide the work. Therapy is presented as a collaborative process where the client’s priorities shape the pace and focus. People who want a thoughtful, curious clinician who combines exploration with skills training may find her approach a good fit.
She encourages potential clients to reflect on their goals and choose next steps that feel manageable and hopeful.
Lizette lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Lizette works with
The areas below are the ones Lizette selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online counseling
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s goals and experience. It involves open listening and reflecting so clients feel heard and can notice what matters most to them. This approach supports people working on self-esteem, identity, and motivation.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. In sessions clients learn practical techniques to challenge anxious or unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that reduce distress. CBT is often used for anxiety, low mood, and body image concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It includes breathing and grounding strategies, emotion regulation tools, and ways to handle conflict or shame without losing control.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each client about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit their needs. Over time the plan can shift based on what helps most, mixing insight work with skills practice.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice-only check-in is better. Live chat and text messaging make shorter, more frequent check-ins possible and can help people keep momentum between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into work, family, and daily life while still working with a licensed professional.
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