Therapist with a California & Arizona License
Hi there, I am Elisa Blair, and I hold both a license in California and Arizona as Licensed Marriage and Family therapist. This means I am able to provide mental health therapy to people who live in either California or Arizona, even if they travel between the two states, or if one person is in another state.
Therapy for People who Travel between California and Arizona
If you travel between California and Arizona often, it can be hard to keep consistent therapy sessions. This is why working with a therapist who has a license in both California and Arizona can help you reach your therapy goals without the headache of switching to a new therapist constantly. A dually licensed marriage and family therapist is able to help you reach your therapy goals even if you move.
I often work with couples where one person is in California and the other person is in Arizona. Lots of Californias have moved to Arizona recently and lots of Arizonas have moved to California. Whether it is because of school, work, or family obligations, you and your partner can still attend therapy together because I am dually licensed as a marriage and family therapist in both Arizona and California.
Are you moving and are you unsure about starting therapy because you will have to change therapist?
As someone who is licensed in both Arizona and California, I can support you even if you move to another state. Legally I am able to support you because I have met the requirements for both California and Arizona. Therefore you don’t have to worry about starting therapy only to have to switch to a new therapist.
Couples & Individual Therapy with Dually Licensed Therapist
In both my work in couples therapy and individual therapy, I work with clients to unpack how culture, race, and ethnicity may be impacting the struggles that they are facing. I work with clients to take a hard look into the messages that they have received, helping them identify what their values are, and how they would like to live their life. Together we create a plan to help them live a life where they can gain the ability to communicate and live their life according to values that bring them healing and wellness. Below is a list of common issues addressed in couples counseling and in individual counseling.
Common issues addressed in couples therapy
Feeling distant and feeling like the person you share a bed with is a stranger
Feeling like you are having the same argument over and over again
Struggling with “me-ness” and “we-ness” with in your relationship
Lack of joy, fun, and play with your partner, spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend
Worried about how to approach any topic with your partner, spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend, for fear that it will turn into an argument.
Feeling like you are struggling with the four horsemen as discussed in Gottman Couples Therapy : criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stone walling
Feeling like you are struggling with Emotionally Focused Therapy Demon Dialogues: Freeze and Flee, the Protest Polka, and Find the Bad Guy
Feeling like conflicts always end in shutting down, tears, a holding grudges
Having a feeling like this reminds you about your childhood home or a relationship that you have with your mother or father
Wondering if culture, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual identity and orientation, micro and macro aggression or traumas, might be impacting your relationship with your partner, spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend
Feeling like a past toxic relationship continues to impact how you show up in your current relationship with your partner, spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend
Inability or difficulty with being able to feel calm and emotionally safe around your partner, spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend
Struggling with feelings of co-dependency or too much independence from you partner, spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend
Difficulty with communicating with your partner, spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend
Feeling anxious, overwhelmed, depressed, or avoidant when needing to talk with your partner, spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend
Trouble with sex and intimacy, not being able to have conversations about sex and intimacy with your partner, spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend
Wanting to talk with your partner, spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend about uncoupling, divorcing, or breaking up
Common issues addressed in individual therapy with a trauma informed focus
Feeling like you are always behind and never good enough
Struggling with a sense of emptiness, lack of self worth, and low confidence
Stressed and worried, often avoiding things and people who might stress you out
Struggling to know what is your path in life vs the path your parents wanted for you
Experience a midlife crisis or quarter life crisis
Feeling like you are lost and not knowing who you are
Irritable and easily annoyed
Feeling crippled with perfectionism and always procrastinating.
Trouble with doing things that use to bring you joy
Feeling like people in your life don’t get it and you can’t find the words to communicate with them
Feeling like the micro and macro aggression or traumas related to culture, race, ethnicity, religion, or upbringing, impacts how you want to live your life
Not sure what your values are and unsure about how to live authentically
Experienced something that was either a big T trauma or little t trauma, feeling like it is continuing to impact you in the present day
Online therapy in California and Arizona
Online therapy, or teletherapy, is therapy done outside of a traditional therapy office, often from the comfort of your own home. As long as we have privacy, therapy can be done from a private office at work, a private study room at school, a safely parked car, or from the comfort of your own apartment. Research shows that teletherapy or online therapy, is just as effective as traditional therapy where you come into the office.
Online therapy is convenient and works for people who have busy schedules, don’t have the time to deal with traffic and the commute to a therapy session at a therapy office. With online counseling or teletherapy, you can hop on to your appointment right at the start of your scheduled therapy session from your computer, laptop, or phone.
I recommend that you have a drink, some tissues, and a pair of headphones so that you can make the most of your online therapy experience. Also if you have a pet they're welcome to join and give you comfort during our sessions together. You might even catch a glimpse of my own puppers!
Hey there, I’m Elisa Blair!
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist + Founder of Mindfully Minding Me Therapy
My specialty is couples counseling, especially for those who are BIPOC, in interracial partnerships, 1 and 2 gens wanting to break family cycles to step into a more peaceful way of doing life. I also offer depth work with individuals, helping people rewire their nervous system because traditional talk therapy sometimes is not enough when we are dealing with generational trauma.
I work with people all over San Diego, from Little Italy to Chula Vista, to La Jolla, and really all over California since I practice 100% online therapy. That means I can see people from Los Angeles to Fresno to San Jose, and San Francisco. And all while my clients get the convenience and comfort of having therapy right in their own living room.
I work with people all over Arizona from Flagstaff to Phoenix to Tucson 100% online therapy. Since I am dually licensed, I can see people who reside in both states or find that they travel often. And all while my clients get the convenience and comfort of having therapy right in their own living room.
Check out my about page to see if we are the right fit, explore my specialties page to see if I can help you break generational patterns and step into a more peaceful life. Ready to set up a free consultation?