Isabella Sarkissian-Ourkhan, LMFT

Isabella Sarkissian-Ourkhan is a California-licensed LMFT - a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - with 18 years of professional experience helping individuals navigate life’s challenges. She focuses on stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, motivation, self-esteem and confidence, and depression, and she brings particular attention to communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety and phobia. Isabella draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor support to each person’s needs and goals.

She creates an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore thoughts and feelings and work toward clearer understanding and meaningful change. Her approach emphasizes collaboration, helping clients develop practical skills as well as new perspectives that support day-to-day coping and longer term growth. Taking the first step toward a more fulfilling and happier life often requires courage, and Isabella offers steady guidance and support through that process.

Clients seeking help with relationships, mood, or self-worth will find a therapist who attends to both immediate concerns and underlying patterns, working with compassion and professional experience to help them move toward greater resilience and well-being.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Therapy Options

Isabella uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that combine practical skill-building with exploration of underlying patterns. One approach focuses on skill development to address unhelpful thinking and behavioral habits - it helps people develop tools for managing stress, anxiety, and low mood by practicing concrete strategies in daily life. Another approach emphasizes relational and communication work to improve interactions, rebuild trust, and strengthen self-esteem - this is useful for relationship concerns, forgiveness, and improving social confidence.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Isabella works collaboratively with each client to determine the best fit based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they track progress and adjust methods as the work unfolds so therapy stays relevant and effective.

Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes therapy accessible and flexible for a variety of schedules and comfort levels. These options allow clients to engage with a licensed professional in ways that suit their daily life, making it easier to maintain consistency and apply new skills between sessions.