Dr. Lisa Cooney, LMFT
California · 25 years in practice
Dr. Lisa Cooney is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, or depression.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 38608 · expires November 2027
- LMFT, Texas
- 202793 · expires November 2027
- LMFT, Arizona
- LMFT-15914 · expires February 2027
- LMFT, District of Columbia
- LMFT200001276 · expires November 2027
- LMFT, Oregon
- T2334 · expires December 2026
- LMFT, New Jersey
- 37FI00217900 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1821256694 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Lisa
Dr. Lisa Cooney is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, or depression. She creates a welcoming, affirming space for people coping with trauma, LGBT concerns, body image struggles, or relationship pain.
Her style is calm and direct, aiming to help people feel understood and find practical steps forward. In sessions she listens closely to each person’s story and looks for what matters most to them.
Background and approach
She uses a mix of methods to help clients build emotional resilience and clearer communication. That can mean shorter solution-focused work or deeper psychodynamic exploration depending on the need. Hypnotherapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, are among the approaches she draws on when appropriate for trauma, anxiety, or persistent negative patterns.
She also uses client-centered and existential ideas to support people wrestling with meaning, identity, and life decisions. Her practice supports people dealing with chronic pain or illness, cancer-related concerns, addiction and recovery, codependency, and attachment issues. She also helps with divorce, blended family adjustments, and the emotional fallout from domestic violence or family-of-origin wounds.
Dr. Cooney offers sessions from Texas and works with English-speaking international clients. People connect with her by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits their timing.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lisa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Approaches Lisa names
- Hypnotherapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Dr. Cooney uses Hypnotherapy to help people access focused relaxation and guided imagery, which can support shifts in habits, stress, and confidence. Sessions usually involve calm verbal guidance and breath work to help a person notice and change unhelpful patterns. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, for trauma-related memories and intense anxiety; EMDR sessions combine focused attention with structured processing to reduce the hold of painful memories.She brings client-centered and existential ideas into online work as well, prioritizing each person's values, choices, and goals. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process - she will discuss different options, try brief experiments, and adjust methods based on how a person responds and what they want to achieve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets the therapist and client work together visually for practices like EMDR or hypnotherapy; phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging offer more flexible, brief check-ins and written reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and body image issues, and relationship challenges among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and attentive with an emphasis on listening and practical steps. She combines short-term solution work with deeper exploration depending on what a person needs.
How long has she practiced?
She has 25 years of clinical experience supporting people through complex life challenges and major transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with licenses in California and Texas and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are sessions billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.
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