Individual therapy
Something in you knows it's time.
You've been managing. This is something different.
INDIVIDUAL THERapy
in-person and virtually in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles - and virtually throughout California - for high-achievers who are functioning but running on empty. Whether you are navigating burnout, anxiety, depression, a major life transition, grief, or patterns that keep repeating, individual therapy with Aliss offers a space to finally be met where you are, as you are. We'll actually figure out what is going on underneath the surface and help you feel the way you want. Free 20-minute consultations available.
Free consultation
A 20-minute call to talk about what's bringing you in and whether we're a good fit.
OR INQUIRE ABOUT INTENSIVES
AVAILABLE IN
San Francisco Bay Area
Los Angeles area
Virtual throughout California
Mandarin Chinese available
ALSO OFFERED
Half-day, full-day, and multi-day intensives for those who want to move faster or go deeper.
LEARN ABOUT INTENSIVES
Something is off. You can feel it.
You built a life that, from the outside, looks like it is working, really well. Good career, good relationships, a full calendar. And still, something feels hollow. Or heavy. Or just not quite right. You're not falling apart. You're functioning, possibly quite well. But something on the inside no longer matches what you're showing the world, and you're tired of pretending it does.
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Maybe the word for it is burnout. Maybe it is anxiety that has lived so close to you for so long, it started to feel like personality. Maybe you have a good life by every visible measure, yet still can't shake the feeling that something essential is missing. Maybe you've been the strong one for so long you no longer know what you actually need.
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Maybe you've tried to figure it out on your own. Maybe you've tried therapy before and it was fine, or not quite it, or you're seeking a different type of therapist.
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I work best with clients who are ready for real growth, not just symptom relief - people who want a therapeutic relationship they can actually build on over time, and who understand that the most meaningful progress takes time and effort.
What happens in individual therapy
We'll start with what's here.
Follow where it leads.
Find what becomes possible.
What we work on
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Anxiety: Underneath everything - looks like high performance on the outside
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Burnout: Feeling flat - while doing everything right and still not feeling okay
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Grief: Loss and transitions - with no clean closure
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Old stuff that keeps showing up in new situations, no matter how much you understand it
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Confused: About what you actually want anymore - or realizing you never let yourself find out
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Self-abandonment: Putting yourself last until you don't know who you are anymore
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Imposter syndrome: Feeling like a fraud
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The Responsible One: Being the person everyone relies on, with no one playing that role for you
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Neurospicy: ADHD, autism, brain injury, neurotypical - learning to work with who you are, not against it
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Brain injury: Identity, recovery, grief, and thriving in your life after
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Caregiver support: For those holding space for someone else at great personal cost
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Gaps: Between how capable you appear and how you feel inside
Where people start. Where they end up.
What changes.
People come to me when the life they've built no longer feels like theirs. Something on the inside doesn't match what they're showing the world. They are exhausted by performing a version of themselves that no longer fits. Some have a good life by every visible measure and still cannot shake the feeling that something essential is missing. Some have spent so long putting everyone else first they have lost track of who they are.
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They leave balanced, secure, and proud of who they are. No longer abandoning themselves to keep everyone else comfortable. Living in alignment - the inside finally matching the outside. More sure of themselves. At peace with the parts of them they used to loathe. Some reinvent their lives entirely.
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This is not brief therapy. The work builds relationally, over time. And when the time comes to close, that ending receives the same care as everything that came before it. Many clients arrive having experienced abrupt or unfinished endings elsewhere. Here, closure is not an afterthought. It is part of the work.
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