Brandi Ellis, LMFT
Therapist in California
Brandi Ellis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or life changes.
- Licensed inCalifornia
- License53223
- NPI 1689997876
- Experience12+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Brandi
Brandi Ellis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or life changes. She works with individuals facing depression, relationship strain, addiction concerns, grief, and challenges around intimacy and self-esteem. Brandi speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Brandi draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early connections shape current relationships. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioral tools to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-based actions.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and aimed at real-world change rather than jargon. With 12 years of clinical experience in California, Brandi blends client-centered listening with structured skill-building. She helps clients learn coping skills for anger, sleep, eating, and attention difficulties while addressing deeper patterns like abandonment, attachment issues, and codependency.
Her work also supports people navigating caregiver stress, adoption and foster care histories, and kink-informed concerns. Brandi tailors sessions to each person. Some clients need short-term coaching to manage a crisis.
Others want longer work on trauma, bipolar concerns, or relationship patterns. She meets people where they are and helps them set clear, achievable goals. Brandi offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
She explains how therapy subscriptions work and how sessions can be scheduled and canceled. If someone wants a direct, compassionate approach that combines listening with skills practice, Brandi provides a steady, practical presence.
Credentials
- LMFT (California)
- License 53223 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1689997876 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Brandi lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Brandi names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- 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
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
Online approaches that fit your life
Brandi often uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns influence current connections. This approach helps identify recurring fears around closeness, abandonment, and trust so clients can try new ways of relating.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then act in line with their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is another tool she draws on to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Brandi works with each person to identify goals and then tests what helps most, adjusting methods over time so therapy stays useful and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work in real time with visual cues, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat offers a focused check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different routines.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Brandi helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship strain, intimacy issues, and self-esteem concerns among other topics listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She blends listening with practical skill work, using an approachable, client-centered style and tools from ACT, CBT, DBT, and attachment-based ideas.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Brandi has 12 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns in California settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model 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 then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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