About Brandi
Brandi Ellis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and a wide range of life changes. Brandi encourages clients to build on their own strengths and to take small, steady steps toward their goals.
She uses clear, practical methods in sessions so people can try new ways of coping between meetings. Brandi draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thought patterns and on acceptance-based ideas to help clients move toward valued actions.
Background and approach
Attachment-based work helps people understand how past relationships influence current patterns. Brandi has 12 years of experience in clinical work and centers therapy around each person’s real-life needs. Sessions tend to focus on skills people can use right away, together with exploring the beliefs that get in the way.
She also addresses concerns such as trauma, grief, addictions, ADHD, sexual concerns, caregiver stress, and parenting strain. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and comfort levels. Sessions are delivered in English and are limited to clients located in California.
Fees vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability. Brandi aims to make the first steps straightforward and manageable.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Brandi commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people spot and change thought patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood. CBT breaks problems into manageable steps and teaches practical tools for day-to-day situations. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings while taking committed actions toward the things a person values. ACT can help when worry or avoidance gets in the way of living fully.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brandi will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and goal-focused.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow a full face-to-face conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter updates or when writing feels more comfortable than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines while staying connected to a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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