Therapist profile
Lisa Lucius, LMFT
California
LMFT focusing on relationships and codependency
Continue with LisaWhere Lisa stands
- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, California / 46743
- NPI
- 1669502829
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- CBT methods
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Lisa
Lisa Lucius is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with ten years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, addiction concerns, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy. Her practice also covers codependency, attachment and abandonment concerns, and life changes such as caregiving or end-of-life matters.
She draws on practical methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. Motivational Interviewing is used when people want help finding the motivation to change. Mindfulness exercises and inner child work appear when they fit a person’s goals.
Sessions are conversational and focused on concrete skills. Lisa teaches ways to set clearer boundaries, use assertive communication, and reduce people-pleasing behaviors that leave someone feeling drained. She also helps people cope with intense emotions, overwhelming guilt or shame, and problems rooted in family of origin dynamics.
Her background includes work with people across a range of mental health needs, including those with moderate to severe symptoms and those seeking personal growth. She emphasizes straightforward education about patterns and tools the client can practice between sessions. Language of service is English and work is provided from California.
To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors. Online sessions can include guided exercises, homework tasks, and concrete plans to practice between meetings to address anxiety, depression, or relationship patterns.DBT teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Skill coaching, emotion regulation techniques, and role-play around setting boundaries can be practiced in sessions and reviewed later to build steadier responses.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, combining techniques as needed and adjusting over time based on what helps most.
Confirm the current session options before booking. The therapist uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten commute time, or allow check-ins from different locations. Ask about the session format offered so arrangements match your schedule and needs.
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Primary focus
Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, addictions, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, and related concerns including codependency and attachment problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses practical, skills-based approaches such as CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing combined with conversational, client-centered sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience as a practicing therapist and has worked with people across a range of mental health needs and cultures.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.