- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma recovery
- Self esteem work
About Lisa
Lisa Rakusin is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 11 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who struggle with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Lisa frames clients as the experts in their own stories and aims to support people as they take steps toward a more fulfilling life.
She approaches sessions as a partnership. Lisa listens first to understand each person’s history and current challenges. Then she helps identify practical steps and new ways of responding that fit everyday life. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented, with attention to emotional experience and real-world change.
Lisa often uses ideas from attachment-based work to look at how relationships shape feelings and behavior. She also works with cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and with emotionally focused methods to address closeness and hurt in relationships. For trauma, she includes EMDR-informed strategies when appropriate.
Her background includes over a decade of clinical practice in California settings. That experience has involved supporting people through life transitions, addiction concerns, compassion fatigue, and parenting strain. Lisa also addresses career questions, codependency, family of origin issues, and women’s issues.
People who come to her can expect respectful listening, clear goals, and tools they can use between sessions. She encourages small steps and celebrates progress along the way.
She approaches sessions as a partnership. Lisa listens first to understand each person’s history and current challenges. Then she helps identify practical steps and new ways of responding that fit everyday life. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented, with attention to emotional experience and real-world change.
Lisa often uses ideas from attachment-based work to look at how relationships shape feelings and behavior. She also works with cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and with emotionally focused methods to address closeness and hurt in relationships. For trauma, she includes EMDR-informed strategies when appropriate.
Her background includes over a decade of clinical practice in California settings. That experience has involved supporting people through life transitions, addiction concerns, compassion fatigue, and parenting strain. Lisa also addresses career questions, codependency, family of origin issues, and women’s issues.
People who come to her can expect respectful listening, clear goals, and tools they can use between sessions. She encourages small steps and celebrates progress along the way.