Hello Everyone! My name is Lisa Peredia, and I hold a Master of Science in Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy from the University of Phoenix and a BA in Criminal Justice from California State University, San Bernardino. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who provides clinical work with young to middle-aged adults, and I am also an Assistant Director for a local university. Previously, I worked with youth, adolescents, and young adults, including individuals and families. I have worked in university counseling centers, private practice, alternative education, special education, and incarcerated settings, with clinical experience in treating underserved populations, trauma, attachment trauma, crisis response, depression, anxiety, and more.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Before your first appointment, feeling nervous about what you should expect or say is normal. My primary intention is to get to know you and understand why you made the appointment, what steps you have taken to address the issue, and what you hope to achieve through therapy. I will ask about your relationships, work, school, and background information, and then we will set goals that are catered to your needs. If at any time you feel like I am not a fit for you, please let me know as I am happy to advocate for you to find a therapist that will meet your needs.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I want to offer as much grace, love, safety, truth, and the ability to share the sacred space with my clients in their most vulnerable wounds to promote lasting healing. I find that sacred space to be of great humility and honor for me to walk alongside each client. Every session and the overall treatment is catered to my client's needs while offering them truth in love and grace to help them find healing.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I hope to work with adolescents and adults from all age ranges who are struggling with trauma, relational distress, anxiety, depression, and for any of those who are interested in Christian-based therapy (this is an opportunity but not required for every client).
About Lisa Peredia
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Trauma Informed Care
My clinical training has led me to approach therapy through the deeper wounds that may still impact us today. This can include themes, patterns, or internalized mechanisms that continue to impact us. I utilize what I call "the bridge" approach, which includes building internal and external regulation skills while bridging the intellectual awareness and somatic process from our body and neurological system. To meet more profound and complete healing, we must approach both simultaneously.
Psychodynamic
Through understanding our childhood wounds and how we have internalized values, meaning, and conceptualization, we can explore and process the pains of our inner child.
Attachment-based
Understanding attachment wounds can greatly impact our ability to navigate and process our wounds. As children, our brains are limited and often respond in a survival mode, which can impact the rest of our lives. Attachment wounds can help explain and give us insight into which area to navigate.
Christian Counseling
I am a Christian and a follower of Jesus Christ. That does not mean you need to be as well. However, my faith influences my clinical practice through wanting to offer safety, non-judgment, love, hope, truth, and grace to the best of my ability. I am open to exploring spiritual health and strive never to preach but to offer space to explore and understand one's spiritual well-being and wounds related to our experiential and potentially church-related wounds. I also believe the Holy Spirit guides me in our sessions, and I am willing to pray for any client while meeting the client exactly where they are.
Somatic
The body is often trying to communicate with us in our wounds. Still, our culture and society have taught us to ignore this form of communication or even deny it altogether. We will work with incorporating our awareness into our body because what our body feels directly results from how our brain processes emotions and how it communicates with our nervous system. We will work on building regulations and reprocessing these emotions associated with our hurts stored within the body.