About Lisa
Lisa Carrillo is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and relationship challenges. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Background and approach
Her approach aims to make change feel doable instead of overwhelming. She draws on 16 years of experience working with adults facing depression, addictions, and major life transitions.
She also addresses parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem, grief, and intimacy-related issues. Lisa pays attention to how past experiences and current thinking patterns shape daily choices.
Her work blends short-term problem solving with deeper exploration of patterns that repeat over time. That means some sessions focus on concrete coping skills and small experiments, while others look at how earlier relationships influence present reactions.
The mix is tailored to each person’s goals. Clients can expect straightforward conversations and clear steps to try between sessions.
Lisa values a collaborative pace and checks in about what is working. She helps people balance immediate relief with longer-term change.
Lisa is licensed in California as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or LMFT. She conducts sessions in English and has supported people dealing with trauma and loss, mood disorders including bipolar concerns, and life changes related to work, money, or health.
Approaches that guide online work and how they help
Lisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety and depression. CBT focuses on clear skills and short experiments to test what works.She also uses Psychodynamic Therapy to look at patterns that repeat from past relationships and early experiences. This approach helps people understand why they react a certain way and how to shift those responses over time.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Lisa will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to concentrate on skills, deeper exploration, or both.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video lets conversations feel more like an in-person visit, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option during a busy day, live chat supports brief check-ins, and messaging is useful for short updates or when a written check-in feels easier. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on practical progress and steady support.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English