Alyssa Vida, LMFT

Alyssa Vida is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #96704) practicing in California who brings a collaborative, strengths-based approach to counseling. She views therapy as both a practical means of problem solving and a pathway to personal growth, working alongside clients to identify obstacles, clarify goals, and develop realistic strategies that fit each person’s life. Alyssa emphasizes that clients are the experts on their own experience and she structures sessions to follow the client’s priorities while offering clinical guidance and tools.

Her work is informed primarily by client-centered principles, with significant use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused techniques, and family systems thinking. She also holds a special certification in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), which informs her approach to trauma and abuse-related concerns. In session she assists clients in recognizing unhelpful thought patterns and behavioral cycles, identifying personal strengths, and learning coping skills to manage stressors as they arise.

Trained to work with individuals, couples, families, and children, Alyssa has practiced across a range of settings including community mental health, private practice, school-based environments, and work with the military. She earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University and draws on that background to help clients increase self-awareness, build resilience, and leave each session feeling more capable and empowered to make meaningful change.