Lisa Chen, LMFT, is a psychotherapist and the founder of Lisa Chen & Associates Therapy, a boutique group practice based in Hermosa Beach, California. Blending a background from Wharton and Harvard Business School with advanced clinical training, Lisa specializes in helping high-achieving professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, and couples navigate the deeper emotional patterns that drive stress, burnout, relational conflict, and perfectionism. Before becoming a therapist, Lisa spent years in high-pressure corporate environments, an experience that shaped her understanding of the hidden struggles behind outward success. Her work is grounded in neuroscience-informed, evidence-based modalities, including Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, psychodynamic therapy, and the Gottman Method for couples. She is known for her emotionally attuned, insight-driven approach that helps clients create lasting change rather than temporary fixes. In her practice, Lisa leads a hand-selected team of clinicians trained to support complex presentations such as trauma, anxiety, OCD spectrum disorders, workaholism, relationship injuries, and high-pressure family dynamics. She also offers couples intensives and executive-focused therapy designed for clients seeking accelerated growth. Lisa is frequently quoted in media outlets such as HuffPost, Bustle, GOOD Magazine, Reader’s Digest, and Dazed, where she shares accessible, research-based insights on relationships, mental health, and high-achiever psychology. Her work centers on redefining strength—not as carrying more, but as the courage to heal, feel, and lead with authenticity.

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re someone who carries a lot—responsibility, expectations, people depending on you—and it’s starting to feel heavier than you let on. Maybe you’re successful on paper but privately battling stress, burnout, anxiety, or patterns in your relationships that you can’t seem to shift. Or maybe you and your partner feel stuck in cycles you don’t want to repeat anymore. I want you to know you’re not alone, and there is a path forward that doesn’t require you to lose your drive or dim your ambition. My work is grounded in the belief that strength isn’t about pushing harder—it’s about understanding yourself more deeply, healing what’s underneath, and creating relationships that actually support you. In therapy, I combine neuroscience-informed tools with emotionally attuned, insight-driven work. I use EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), psychodynamic therapy, and the Gottman Method to help you uncover why certain patterns keep showing up—and how to finally shift them. I work best with individuals and couples who are motivated, thoughtful, and ready for meaningful change. People who don’t want surface-level advice—they want clarity, depth, and a therapist who truly understands high-pressure lives. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or simply ready to grow in a new direction, I’d be honored to walk with you. I offer a warm, grounded space where you can slow down, feel understood, and begin building the life and relationships you actually want.