Brandi Ellis
Compassionate, practical support for life’s challenges
LMFT California
- Experience
- 12 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Brandi
Brandi Ellis is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. She aims to make the first step feel manageable and offers straightforward support for stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
Brandi writes in a warm, encouraging manner and helps people who feel stuck begin to move forward. Brandi draws on 12 years of clinical experience to match tools to a person’s life.
She uses approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns and try small, doable changes. She also incorporates elements of the Gottman Method and attachment-based work when relationship dynamics matter.
Sessions are guided by the client’s goals and personal strengths. Brandi emphasizes collaboration and respects each person’s story while offering clear, practical steps.
She uses problem-solving, values work, and behavior experiments to build coping skills and reduce distress. Her practice supports a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, parenting stress, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and career or life transitions.
She also addresses issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiving strain, codependency, communication problems, and domestic violence impacts. Brandi meets people online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Sessions are scheduled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. She offers services in English and works with adults in California.
Approaches and online therapy that fit your life
Brandi uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-based steps even when tough thoughts or feelings show up. ACT focuses on building a meaningful life rather than trying to eliminate uncomfortable emotions entirely.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try straightforward behavior changes. CBT is useful for managing anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and patterns that keep people stuck. When relationship patterns are relevant, she brings in Gottman-informed ideas and attachment-based thinking to notice interaction cycles and improve how people connect.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Brandi will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging so therapy can fit into busy days. Video is helpful for longer work and face-to-face conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging are useful for brief check-ins or steady support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and can help therapy continue through life’s changes.
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Experience
12+ years
Licensed in
California
Languages
English