About Lou
Dr. Lou Bordisso offers a warm, person-focused approach to therapy. He uses client-centered listening to help people feel heard and to uncover what matters most to them.
He has 35 years of experience and works from California. Dr. Bordisso helps people manage stress and anxiety, and he supports those coping with grief or depression.
He also works with people facing addiction, intimacy-related concerns, relationship and family issues, and questions about sexual identity and kink culture.
Background and approach
He addresses everyday worries like self-esteem, career strain, and major life changes. In sessions he mixes straightforward talk with evidence-based tools. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to notice unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Mindfulness practices help slow racing thoughts and reduce reactivity. He also draws on psychodynamic and existential ideas to look at long-standing patterns and personal meaning. This helps when someone wants to understand how past experiences shape present choices.
The work is practical and reflective, depending on what each person needs. Dr. Bordisso aims to create an accepting space where people can speak openly about identity and desire.
He pays close attention to communication patterns and helps people develop clearer boundaries and stronger self-awareness. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
Approaches in online sessions and what they do
Dr. Bordisso uses client-centered therapy to create a listening-focused space where people can say what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs acceptance and a chance to clarify values and goals.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioral experiments. CBT is practical for anxiety, stress, and changing patterns that keep problems stuck.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. The plan can change as progress is made and new issues arise.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging allow ongoing check-ins, written reflection, and quick skill practice between sessions.
These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, and travel while keeping the focus on skills, insight, and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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