Overview of Treatment Modalities
Liza’s approach is holistic, relational, and highly individualized. Her work is grounded in neuroscience and informed by an understanding of how the brain, nervous system, and lived experience shape emotional patterns, beliefs, and behavior. She integrates evidence-based modalities including Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, somatic approaches, mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and positive psychology to support meaningful, lasting change.
Treatment focuses on emotional agility, nervous system regulation, and self-understanding while addressing both present-day concerns and underlying patterns. EMDR may be integrated into weekly sessions to help process trauma and shift deeply held negative beliefs into more accurate and supportive ones, allowing the brain’s natural healing capacity to resolve experiences that impact relationships, self-worth, and engagement with life.
Liza has advanced training and certification in working with neurodiverse individuals and couples. Her neurodiversity-affirming approach honors differences in communication styles, sensory processing, emotional regulation, and relational needs. This specialized work supports individuals and partners in strengthening connection, improving clarity and regulation, and navigating differences with greater compassion and understanding.
Liza provides individual therapy for adults via secure online video sessions throughout California and New York. She also offers in-person therapy in Malibu at a serene outdoor office beneath an oak tree overlooking the Santa Monica Mountains. In addition, she facilitates equine-assisted therapy for individuals and couples—an experiential approach designed to foster deeper connection, communication, and emotional resilience.
Intensive & Recent Event EMDR
Liza offers specialized EMDR services for individuals who feel stuck in therapy or continue to feel emotionally overwhelmed by past or recent experiences. One option is Intensive EMDR, a focused, short-term approach that involves meeting daily for one week in sessions of varying length. This work targets specific memories or themes that continue to trigger strong emotional reactions and negatively impact self-perception, behavior, communication, or relationships.
Clients who complete intensive EMDR often report a sense of freedom, a more balanced and expansive perspective, increased self-compassion, and a significant reduction in emotional distress. Referring therapists frequently observe immediate shifts, noting lighter emotional presence, greater flexibility, and a more empowered, proactive approach to therapy.
Liza also provides EMDR for recent traumatic events, designed to support individuals shortly after a distressing experience. This approach helps calm the nervous system, reduce emotional intensity, and process the experience before it becomes deeply entrenched, often leading to increased stability, relief, and resilience moving forward.
If you’re ready to move beyond feeling stuck and want support that honors your nervous system, lived experience, and natural way of being, therapy can help. Reach out to explore whether working together is the right fit and to take the next step toward clarity, healing, and lasting change.
