Lisa Lee-Briggs

Lisa Lee-Briggs is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 13 years of experience in California. She focuses on practical help for relationship and family concerns, and she also supports people facing depression, grief, addiction, and eating and food-related issues. Her approach is respectful and direct, aimed at helping people find clearer ways to communicate and live with less distress.

She believes many people already hold answers inside themselves and that therapy can help uncover those answers. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs, with straightforward conversation and concrete steps to try at home. Lisa emphasizes restoring communication - moving away from blame and toward understanding what each person is trying to say.

Her clinical work draws from a variety of evidence-based therapeutic techniques, chosen to match the situation and the person. That means sessions may include thought-focused work, experiential exercises, or other practices that the client and therapist agree will help most. The goal is steady progress that fits daily life.

Lisa has supported people through parenting challenges, blended family matters, body image and codependency concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, and coping with life changes. She also addresses compassion fatigue, ADHD-related struggles, and career-related stress. Sessions are offered in English and French.

Taking the first step can feel hard. Lisa aims to make the process clear and manageable, tailoring each plan so clients can try new skills between sessions and notice real shifts over time.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Lisa works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thinking and increasing present-moment awareness. Cognitive behavior work helps people notice and shift thought patterns that contribute to anxiety, low mood, or disordered eating behaviors. Short exercises and thought records are common tools that can be practiced between sessions.

Gestalt-influenced methods focus on awareness in the room and here-and-now experience, using simple experiential exercises to increase emotional clarity and improve relationship communication. These approaches can help with intimacy, family interactions, and body image concerns by making feelings and needs easier to name and share.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. This means trying things, checking how they land, and adjusting the plan based on results.

The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins on a work break, or making it possible to meet when schedules or mobility make in-person sessions harder. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework so progress continues between meetings.