- Years in practice
- 16
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Anger management
About Lisa
Lisa Carrillo is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 16 years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on practical help for everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. Her style is straightforward and encouraging, aimed at helping people take manageable steps forward.
She believes clients know their own story and brings curiosity to learn what matters to each person. Sessions often center on clear goals and small changes that build over time.
Background and approach
That can include identifying unhelpful thoughts, trying a new way to respond to anger, or practicing tools to reduce daily stress. Lisa uses a blend of approaches to match what each person needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood.
Psychodynamic ideas help connect current patterns to past experiences. Solution-Focused Therapy narrows the work to what will change now and next. Over 16 years she has worked with a wide range of concerns including addictions, grief, intimacy issues, mood disorders, and life transitions.
She also supports people dealing with family problems, abandonment, infidelity, and financial stress. Her aim is to help people build skills they can use outside sessions. Therapy sessions are offered in English and provided online through video, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling sessions that fit their calendar.
What Lisa works with
Everything Lisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lisa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches and what online therapy offers
Lisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thinking patterns and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, low mood, or anger. CBT is practical and often involves simple exercises to try between sessions to build new habits.She also draws on Psychodynamic Therapy ideas to look for repeated patterns that come from past experiences and affect current relationships and choices. This can help explain why certain problems keep returning and open routes for different responses.
Solution-Focused Therapy is used to narrow attention to small, achievable changes that move a person toward their goals. That approach is useful when someone wants quick, concrete steps to feel better or make a situation more manageable.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and will be decided together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past, then adjust methods over time in collaboration with the client.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for a face-to-face experience, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can fit a quick check-in or moments when typing feels easier. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What concerns does Lisa commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, parenting concerns, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is straightforward and collaborative, focusing on practical steps, clear goals, and skills people can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working with a broad range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds an LMFT credential and practices out of California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients attend?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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