- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Attachment-based work
- Stress and anxiety
About Brandi
Brandi Ellis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and a wide range of life challenges. Brandi also helps with trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, addiction issues, and problems with sleep or eating. Sessions are conducted in English and geared toward practical, real-world change.
Brandi sees therapy as a collaborative process. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and focuses on identifying strengths that can be used to handle current problems. In sessions she uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside acceptance and commitment approaches and attachment-based ideas. She also draws on client-centered and cognitive-behavioral techniques when they fit the situation.
Her approach emphasizes identifying difficult emotions, understanding how those feelings shape relationships and behavior, and practicing new ways to respond. Brandi helps people name intense emotions, notice patterns, and try different ways of reacting. She can also support work on boundaries, communication, and managing strong reactions like anger or panic.
Brandi’s background includes many years working with people navigating life transitions, parenting stress, and workplace strain. She has experience addressing issues connected to adoption and foster care, attachment questions, and concerns related to BDSM, kink, and alternative sexual cultures. She brings a practical focus to each session and helps clients break problems into manageable steps.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Payment uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are offered in English and Brandi is not accepting international clients.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and working with strong emotions that shape relationships and behavior. In online sessions this can mean noticing patterns of reaction, naming core feelings, and practicing new responses in the moment. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. ACT work online often includes short experiential exercises and behavioral experiments to try between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and reactions; online sessions can be used to map those patterns and rehearse different ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. Together they choose which methods to try and adjust them as needed based on what works in real life.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, skip travel time, or use shorter check-ins when needed. It also allows practice of communication and emotion skills in everyday settings, which many people find useful for translating therapy into daily life.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, ADHD, and many related topics.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas, with client-centered and cognitive-behavioral techniques added when helpful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of professional experience working with people on a range of emotional and relational issues.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from another country?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Sessions use a subscription model for payment; subscriptions can be canceled at any time and cost varies by location.
How do I begin the process?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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