About Lisa
Lisa Pepper-Satkin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people handle stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and big life changes. She blends psychotherapy and coaching to support people who want clearer communication, stronger boundaries, and more purpose in their daily lives.
Background and approach
With 30 years of experience, Lisa offers practical steps and honest accountability. Sessions often focus on identifying what gets in the way, testing small changes, and tracking progress toward real goals.
She uses straightforward coaching tools alongside therapeutic conversations to shift patterns that cause ongoing pain or frustration. Clients can expect a calm, direct approach that balances listening with action.
Lisa often helps people untangle control issues, manage guilt and shame, and move through divorce or separation with more clarity. She also supports people working on forgiveness, self-love, and finding life purpose.
Lisa has worked across psychotherapy, leadership development, and entrepreneurship, which shapes her practical style. She runs workshops and retreats that mix psychological insight with creative, strategic coaching.
Her background makes her comfortable helping people who want both emotional healing and step-by-step life change. Sessions are offered in English and available to international clients.
Lisa practices in California as an LMFT, and she combines experience with a focus on measurable progress and meaningful personal growth.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Lisa uses approaches that mix therapeutic insight and practical coaching. One common approach focuses on short-term behavior change and problem solving, helping people test new ways of communicating and managing stress. This approach is useful for relationship problems, control issues, and coping with life transitions.Another approach centers on emotional processing and building resilience. These techniques help people work through grief, guilt, and shame while developing self-compassion and clearer personal purpose. The combination of emotional work and coaching supports both healing and forward movement.
Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients help shape the plan so sessions stay focused and relevant to daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone sessions offer a lower-bandwidth option, and chat or text can work well for quick check-ins or brief coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different time zones.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English