About Lisa
Dr. Lisa Sullivan is a California psychologist who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strains, ADHD, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what is getting in the way of feeling more capable and satisfied.
She brings ten years of clinical practice to conversations with parents and individuals seeking clearer direction. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on real problems and usable strategies rather than abstract theory.
Background and approach
She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful space where a person’s priorities guide the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, used alongside that, offers concrete tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and habits. Dr.
Sullivan earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and holds California psychologist licensure as CA Psychologist 17800. Earlier work included psychological testing and assessment with adults, adolescents, and children. That testing background informs focused, measurable steps in therapy when concerns call for them.
In therapy she tends to blend listening with teaching. Parents often leave sessions with specific techniques for managing day-to-day challenges. People experiencing grief, midlife shifts, postpartum concerns, or relationship strain get both emotional support and a plan for next steps.
She also addresses issues like blended family tensions, communication problems, divorce and separation, fertility and pregnancy-related stress, seasonal mood changes, social anxiety, somatization, and women’s issues. Her style aims to help people feel more effective and less overwhelmed.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's priorities and experience, with the therapist following the client’s lead and reflecting what matters most. This approach helps people who want a respectful space to talk through parenting stress, grief, or life transitions and decide where to focus change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety, low mood, or difficulty concentrating. CBT sessions typically include specific exercises, worksheets, and real-world practice that can be reviewed during online meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, daily routines, and preferred ways of communicating, then adapt methods to fit those needs. That collaboration helps decide whether the focus should be on coping techniques, thought work, or a mix of methods.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let the therapist and client meet face-to-face for deeper discussion and interactive exercises. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, between-session coaching, or help when a quick strategy is needed. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting sessions into work, childcare, and hectic schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Midlife crisis
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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