- Relationship focus
- Trauma informed
- Skill based
About Alisa
Alisa Roberts is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Utah. She draws on 11 years of clinical experience to help people navigate relationship challenges, trauma, parenting stress, and shifting life demands. Her approach is direct and compassionate, focused on practical steps that people can use between sessions.
She meets people where they are and builds a plan that fits each person’s situation. Sessions look at communication patterns, self-worth, and habits that keep problems stuck. Alisa pays attention to how past experiences shape today's choices and offers clear ways to try different behaviors.
Alisa has worked across a wide variety of concerns, including anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, intimacy and eating or sleeping struggles. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, attachment questions, codependency, and impacts of trauma. The work often blends emotional processing with concrete skill practice so clients can see progress.
Her style is respectful and straightforward. She adapts the pace to each person and focuses on useful tools, not jargon. People who prefer a collaborative, goal-oriented conversation often find her practical and encouraging.
To start, she asks about current difficulties and what someone hopes to change. From there she helps set achievable steps and reviews progress regularly.
How evidence-based approaches work in online therapy
Alisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that combine emotional processing with practical skill building. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful patterns in relationships and practicing new communication and boundary skills to change those patterns. This helps with codependency, intimacy issues, and recurring conflicts.Another frequently used approach helps people process traumatic experiences while teaching grounding and coping strategies. That work aims to reduce the ways past events interfere with daily life and relationships by offering step-by-step methods to manage strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client collaborate to choose methods that fit the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. Together they check what’s helping and adjust the plan over time so sessions stay useful and focused.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people keep continuity of care during life changes while focusing on practical steps they can use between meetings.
Areas of expertise
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Experience
11+ years
Credentials
Utah
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does Alisa commonly address?
She helps with relationship struggles, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and codependency among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is respectful and straightforward, mixing emotional work with practical skills people can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 11 years of professional practice working with a range of concerns and life stages.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She holds the LMFT credential, licensed in Utah.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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