About Lisa
Lisa Encinas is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on common concerns like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and relationship issues. Lisa speaks English, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
She encourages people to take the first step and recognizes that getting started can feel hard. Her approach centers on building an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they think and feel.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and straightforward. Lisa helps people name what feels overwhelming and then tries out small, manageable strategies to feel steadier day to day. Many clients come with big life changes, grief, or health-related stress.
She also supports people dealing with body image, codependency, family of origin concerns, caregiving strain, and chronic illness. Lisa draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide goal-setting and problem solving. She is experienced working with people affected by divorce, domestic violence, abandonment, HIV/AIDS, and hearing impairment.
Conversations in sessions often include clearer communication skills, coping plans, and ways to reduce self-blame. Lisa keeps language plain and tangible so parents and busy adults can use what they learn right away. Sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions to fit their life. Lisa emphasizes steady progress over quick fixes and works at the client’s pace.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Lisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical changes and coping skills. One common approach emphasizes building clearer communication and problem-solving steps to reduce conflict and stress in daily life; this helps people handle relationship strain and tough conversations. Another approach concentrates on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying different behaviors in small steps to lower anxiety and improve mood; this is useful for worry, low self-esteem, and depression.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they set small, clear goals and adjust methods as progress is made, keeping sessions focused on what matters most to the client.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages for this work. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues and have a full conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or video feels too intense. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or when arranging quick coping tips between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and make regular support more accessible.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish, American Sign Language
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