Lisa Lee-Briggs, LMFT

Lisa Lee-Briggs is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 13 years of professional experience. She focuses on relationships, family dynamics, intimacy concerns, and parenting challenges while also supporting clients coping with depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and body-image issues, anger, self-esteem struggles, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and major life transitions. Fluent in English and French, she combines respect, sensitivity, and compassion with a straightforward style to help clients move toward clearer understanding and lasting change.

Her work emphasizes collaboration and tailoring treatment to each person or family. Lisa believes clients hold many of their own answers and that therapy is often a process of discovering those answers together. She specializes in couple and family communication, helping members shift away from blame and toward clearer mutual understanding and more effective ways to express needs and emotions.

Drawing on a range of evidence-based methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques and Gestalt approaches, Lisa adapts interventions to fit the unique circumstances of each client. She aims to create practical plans that address immediate concerns while building skills for long-term improvement. Taking the first step toward a more fulfilling life can take courage, and she offers steady, goal-oriented support throughout that journey.

Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Relationship and Family Work

Lisa frequently uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and to develop practical strategies for mood, behavior, and stress management. This approach can be useful for depression, anxiety, impulsivity, and many everyday coping challenges. She also integrates Gestalt techniques that emphasize present-moment awareness, emotional expression, and experiential exercises to deepen self-understanding and improve interpersonal interactions. Those methods can help with intimacy issues, grief, and processing difficult emotions.

In work with couples and families she emphasizes communication-focused strategies that replace blame with clearer descriptions of needs and perspectives. These practical skills aim to improve understanding, reduce conflict, and strengthen connection. Determining the right mix of techniques is a collaborative process - Lisa works with each client or family to find approaches that fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options allow clients to receive consistent care from home or work, schedule sessions more easily around busy lives, and choose the format that best supports their comfort and progress with therapy.