Lisa Bahar, MA, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Lisa Bahar, MA, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
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Telehealth Available
Professions: Marriage & Family Therapist, Psychotherapist, Counsellor
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - 47796
Telephone: 949-541-8960
Billing and Insurance:
I am an in-network provider for:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
- First Choice Health
- MHNet Behavioral Health
- Tricare
Session Fees: Lisa Bahar will submit to your insurance panel or provide a summary of services.
What's My Approach to Therapy?
Lisa Bahar is a licensed psychotherapist who practices out of Newport Beach and Laguna Niguel, California providing individual, couples, family and group therapy. Lisa Bahar provides DBT Informed Skills Training for clients seeking "life skills" or who have difficulties managing emotions, communicating effectively, dealing with stress and anxiety. The DBT Informed Skills Training groups are based on Marsha M. Linehan's DBT Second Edition Handouts and Worksheets which provides the most up to date material on DBT skills and trainings.
Lisa's first career in the cinema has brought her to a unique intervention in her therapeutic approach called Cinema Therapy, which uses film stories to create connection to experiences clients may be experiencing. She utilizes Cinema Therapy in all aspects of her groups and psychotherapy based on the client's need and interest.
Lisa Bahar also serves as a consultant to 100s of media outlets including radio, television, magazines, blogs, books and internet magazines and outlets by providing her insights on mental health.
My Practice & Services
In addition to being licensed in California, Lisa Bahar is a licensed psychotherapist in the State of Vermont providing Tele-Health services including Skype, videoconferencing and Wireless Communication to support and promote long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration
Lisa Bahar is a Mental Health Consultant for the U.S. Government?s Department of Defense through MHN?s Government Military & Family Life Program where she provides behavioral health and wellness expertise to Active Service Members, Guard and Reserve Components and Veterans; as well as their families on how to cope with challenges presented by the military lifestyle.
I am credentialed with most insurance panels, please call to verify. I also work with clients to bill PPO Out of Network benefits. Individual Psychotherapy fee is $250.00 per 50 minute session.
Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Therapy Services & Specialties
Client Age Groups I Work With
- Adults
- Elders
Languages
- English
Groups I Work With
- Personality Disoders, Chemical Dependency, Eating Disorders, Anxiety Disorders and Mood Disorders
Industries & Communities Served
- Union First
Client Challenges & Concerns I Address
- Academic Concerns
- Addictions and Compulsions
- Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Bipolar
- Blended Family Issues
- Career Choice
- Child and/or Adolescent Issues
- Codependency / Dependency
- Communication Problems
- Compulsive Spending / Shopping
- Control Issues
- Depression
- Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
- Drug and Alcohol Addiction
- Eating and Food Issues
- Emotional Overwhelm
- Emptiness
- Family Problems
- Fear
- Gambling Addiction
- Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
- Multicultural Concerns
- Perfectionism
- Power
- Pre-Marital Counseling
- Relationships and Marriage
- Self-Care
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Trust Issues
Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Collaborative Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Family Systems Therapy
- Humanistic Psychology (humanism)
- Jungian Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
- Narrative Therapy
- Object Relations
- Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy)
- Psychodynamic
- Relational Psychotherapy
- Relationship Enhancement Therapy
- Self Psychology
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