About
Lisa Hall is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) working with individuals, couples, families, support groups, corporate groups, and professional groups, to strengthen bonds and connection in relationships of all kinds. She has extensive training in systemic theory and marriage and family therapy which foundations and applications are all areas of life. Systemic dynamics impact our family, work, neighborhoods, communities, regions, countries, and the whole world.
Lisa received her LMFT in 1997 and she has worked with teens, adults, couples, families, and groups ever since. She has expanded her work from private practice into the corporate and professional worlds, providing mental health education and trainings in the areas of family law and corporate well being, human resources, and in large and small settings via courses, presentations, and trainings.
Lisa’s offerings to groups of professionals span across many topics As an expert in mental health for 30+ years, and with mental health education and challenges becoming more mainstream, corporations and human resource groups need trainings in these areas to best meet the needs of employees and work environments. Topics range from well-being, team building, and stress management, to emotional regulation, mental health education and to specific topics like litigious divorce, divorce education, and the impact of all of this on individuals, partnerships, families, and the working world. Lisa can assist with any group, no matter how large or small, with regard to mental health or family law education.
You are always welcome to ask questions about Lisa, her approach, and her professional experience. Lisa views any work she does with people, whether in therapy or other venues, as a collaborative effort.
About My Practice
My private practice has been the result of many forces in my life. First, as a child of divorce, then professionally as a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist working with children of divorce and their families, and finally, in experiencing my own divorce and remarriage – all roads have lead here.
With 30+ years of professional experience, I have come to have a no-nonsense, practical, and informed approach to improving your marriage, working with separation or divorce, or talking to you about improving the current state of your family or workplace functioning.
With regard to martial distress, family dynamics, separation, divorce, or the workplace, it is important to be educated, use our wisdom, know our options, and get expert support when experiencing challenges in these areas.
The way we approach and handle all people in our lives, but especially our most beloved people, bringing our best selves to the table is a gift to all, including ourselves. Difficult times tend to be an opportunity for “corrections” in our lives, to live a life that is more congruent, to use this transformational (and sometimes very painful) experiences in for the better. It is an opportunity to improve the lives of the next generation in your family as well.
A Few Words Regarding Marital Distress, Separation & Divorce:
I am not a proponent of divorce nor do I “encourage” divorce. My commitment is in revealing and building on the hope that may exist in your marriage and to assist you in coming into relationship more fully with yourself, so that you can access your own experiences and inner wisdom. Loving relationships are truly a cornerstone of joy and peace in one’s life. It is an opportunity for “safe haven” from which to launch every day and to come back to for a sense of security and warmth. Intimate and committed relationships are essential in living a full life.
If you are a parent you know that a schism in your relationship with your partner or spouse makes life pretty challenging, and guess what? Your kids can feel it. It is important to lead by example, and if you are not addressing core issues in your marriage, you are not doing your kids a favor, as systemic theory and family therapy show us how they manifest in other ways. It’s important to “get right” with yourself, to shift dynamics in your partnership to a more health place for the kids and family functioning, to have integrity in their eyes, and in your own. Especially when children are involved, a positive and low conflict relationship between parents is the most important factor in a child’s well-being and self-esteem, whether parents are together or not.
Whether you are working on your marriage, separation, or divorce, I will be able to support you in the process and be there alongside your walk through this tremendous life transition. My goal in helping clients is to be a source of information, to help assist in gaining clarity, and to help you remain as grounded as possible while you experience this phase of your life.
I am a mother, a wife, an ex-wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend. I bring these pieces of myself into my profession. I take the work that I do very seriously and feel an obligation to come from a place of integrity myself.
In the therapy world, there is research that dates back to the mid-1900s that establishes that the therapeutic relationship – the relationship between therapist and client – is the basis of security, safety, and ultimately change in the client within the therapy process. There are many tools, approaches, and strategies that therapists employ to help clients with growth and change. And this is important…that a therapist is up on research, common and new practices and techniques, ethical and legal practices, and is ever growing and evolving professionally. Yet the therapeutic relationship is truly the foundation and the key to successful therapy. Without it, things just won’t gel, it will feel awkward, unsafe at times, funky, and there is probably going to be little progress. My priority is for you to feel seen, heard, and supported, regardless of what you are dealing with.
Healing and peace are on the horizon.
