Alisa Hopsiter, MSCP, LMFT,
About Alisa Hopsiter (She/Her)
Alisa Hopsiter, MSCP, LMFT, helps teens and adults throughout California navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity, confidence, and emotional well-being. As a Marriage & Family Therapist at LifeStance Health, she provides compassionate, evidence-based therapy tailored to everyone’s unique experiences and goals. Through a supportive and collaborative approach, Alisa helps patients build practical skills, strengthen relationships, and create meaningful change. She offers individual therapy and couples therapy for a variety of mental health concerns. Alisa specializes in helping individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, and trauma, while also supporting those facing life transitions, relationship difficulties, and other emotional challenges. She believes that effective therapy begins with understanding each person’s story and creating a safe space where healing and growth can occur. Her approach incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and additional evidence-based interventions based on each patient’s needs. Working with teens, adults, and seniors, Alisa tailors treatment to each stage of life. She recognizes that every individual brings unique strengths and challenges to therapy and strives to create a therapeutic experience that is both empowering and practical. In addition to her primary areas of expertise, she also treats a range of other mental health concerns and offers additional therapeutic approaches to support her patients’ goals. Outside of her clinical work, Alisa enjoys reading, watching movies, listening to music, journaling, and spending quality time with her family.
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Individual Therapy: Ages 11-75+
- Couples Therapy: Ages 18-75+
Areas of Focus
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Alcohol use
- Drug/substance use
- Eating issues: food deprivation
- Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
- Other addictive behaviors
- ADHD
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Autism spectrum & neurodivergence
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Childhood ADHD, attention or focus issues
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Dementia & memory concerns
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Eating issues: binging
- Emotional abuse
- End-of-life challenges
- Family conflict
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender affirming care evaluations
- Gender identity & mental health
- General relationship issues
- Hallucinations
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Mental health during perimenopause
- Mental health related to pregnancy & reproductive health
- Mid-life transitions
- Military, veteran, and first responder mental health
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders & related conditions
- PMS & PMDD
- Premarital counseling
- Psychosis/issues with reality
- Retirement
- Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unhealthy eating habits
- Unusual thoughts or beliefs
Couples Therapy
Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.
- Family conflict
- ADHD
- Aging
- Alcohol use
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Autism spectrum & neurodivergence
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Dementia & memory concerns
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Drug/substance use
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Eating issues: binging
- Eating issues: food deprivation
- Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
- Emotional abuse
- End-of-life challenges
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender affirming care evaluations
- Gender identity & mental health
- General relationship issues
- Hallucinations
- Intellectual disability (living independently)
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Mental health during perimenopause
- Mental health related to pregnancy & reproductive health
- Mental health support for chronic pain
- Military, veteran, and first responder mental health
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other addictive behaviors
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders & related conditions
- PMS & PMDD
- Premarital counseling
- Psychosis/issues with reality
- Retirement
- Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unusual thoughts or beliefs
Therapy Types
- ACT Therapy
- Attachment Regulation & Competency Therapy (ARC)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
- Clinical Evaluations for Gender Affirming Care
- DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
- EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy)
- ERP Therapy
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Faith Based Therapy
- Family Systems Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Music Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Parenting Support
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Social Skills Training
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Strength-Based Therapy
Insurances Accepted
- Aetna
- Blue Shield of California (D)
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Curative
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Kaiser Permanente (NorCal)
- Kaiser Permanente (SoCal)
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
Languages
- English
Education
- California Baptist University
Locations
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Questions About
Alisa Hopsiter
Please use our online form to schedule an appointment with Alisa Hopsiter. You can also call 951-904-7079 to have someone assist you.
Alisa Hopsiter generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist. Please call 951-904-7079 to find out Alisa Hopsiter's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Alisa Hopsiter:
- Aetna
- Blue Shield of California (D)
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Curative
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Kaiser Permanente (NorCal)
- Kaiser Permanente (SoCal)
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 951-904-7079 to see how we can help.
Alisa Hopsiter is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Alisa Hopsiter works at:
Yes, Alisa Hopsiter does offer online telehealth visits.
Yes, Alisa Hopsiter is currently offering in-office visits at the following location: