Licensed Therapist & Neurofeedback in Newport Beach, CA

When anxiety, emotional challenges, or relationship difficulties begin affecting everyday life, having someone who listens and understands can make a meaningful difference. Lisa Enneis, LMFT, provides personalized counseling for children, teens, adults, couples, and families, helping clients explore concerns, develop practical coping skills, and work toward healthier patterns.

With over 35 years of clinical experience, Lisa offers a thoughtful approach to therapy that respects your experiences, circumstances, and individual goals.

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Find the Right Support for Your Needs

From emotional difficulties to family concerns, different challenges call for different approaches. Explore counseling and supportive services designed around your needs and goals.

Anxiety, Depression & Trauma Therapy

Explore difficult emotions, recognize unhelpful patterns, and develop coping strategies for anxiety, depression, traumatic experiences, and everyday stress.

Neurofeedback Therapy

Learn about neurofeedback, a brain activity feedback approach sometimes considered alongside other care for attention and self-regulation concerns. Lisa can discuss its process, potential benefits, and limitations.

ADHD & Autism Support

Receive individualized therapeutic support for emotional regulation, communication, daily routines, and challenges associated with ADHD or autism.

Addiction Counseling

Examine triggers, emotional patterns, and behaviors connected to substance use or other addictive concerns while developing healthier coping and recovery strategies.

Learning Disability Support

Address frustration, confidence, emotional distress, and family challenges related to learning difficulties through supportive counseling and parent guidance.

Couples & Family Counseling

Work through recurring conflicts, communication difficulties, parenting concerns, and relationship challenges with guidance that encourages understanding and constructive change.

Appointment Availability

Mon, Wed & Fri — In-Person & Telehealth
Tue & Thu — Telehealth
Appointments subject to availability.

Counseling That Starts With Understanding You

Therapy isn’t about having every answer before you walk through the door. Sometimes you know exactly what is troubling you. Other times, you only know that something in your life, relationships, or emotional well-being needs attention.

At Lisa Enneis, MA, MFT, Inc., I provide counseling in Newport Beach, CA, that begins with listening. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California License #30245), I work with individuals and families facing emotional, behavioral, developmental, and relationship concerns.

My approach considers more than individual symptoms. Together, we can explore how experiences, emotions, routines, and relationships influence your daily life, then identify practical steps that support your personal goals.

Whether you’re seeking counseling for yourself, guidance for your child, or support for a relationship, the first step is a conversation about what matters to you.

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Experienced Guidance and Meaningful Individual Support

Choosing a therapist is a personal decision. You deserve someone who takes time to understand your concerns, respects your experiences, and helps you explore realistic ways forward.

I’m Lisa Enneis, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 35 years of clinical experience. My work includes supporting individuals, children, adolescents, couples, and families through emotional challenges, behavioral concerns, and relationship difficulties.

I believe therapy should be collaborative, respectful, and connected to the challenges you experience outside the counseling room.

Your First Steps Toward Meaningful Change

Beginning therapy can bring questions about what to expect, what to discuss, and whether counseling is right for you. My goal is to make the process clear, respectful, and centered on your needs.

Start With a Conversation

Reach out to discuss your concerns, ask about available services, and learn what the next steps may look like. You don’t need to have everything figured out before making contact.

Explore Your Needs and Goals

During the initial therapy process, we’ll discuss the challenges you’re experiencing, relevant background, and what you hope to address. Together, we can consider an appropriate direction for care.

Build Skills You Can Use Every Day

Ongoing sessions provide opportunities to understand emotional patterns, explore healthier responses, and practice strategies that support your goals at home, school, work, or in relationships.

Therapy for Children, Teens, Adults, Couples, and Families

Emotional and relationship challenges can look different at every stage of life. A child may struggle to express frustration, a teenager may withdraw under pressure, or an adult may feel overwhelmed by anxiety, responsibilities, or ongoing conflict.

I work with clients to understand these experiences within the context of their age, relationships, environment, and individual needs.

For children and adolescents, counseling may involve emotional expression, coping skills, and age-appropriate family participation. Adults may seek support for anxiety, depression, trauma, or life transitions. Couples and families may focus on communication, boundaries, conflict, and connection.

My role is to provide a thoughtful therapeutic space where concerns can be explored and meaningful goals can take shape.

Care Built Around Your Individual Needs

Rather than expecting every client to follow the same path, I consider the concerns, strengths, and circumstances each person brings to therapy.

Licensed Professional Counseling in Newport Beach

California Board of Behavioral Sciences — LMFT License #30245.

What Clients Say About Their Counseling Experience

Choosing a therapist often begins with learning about their approach and professional background. Publicly available reviews may offer additional perspectives, although every person’s experience with therapy is different.

Explore Lisa’s public business reviews and learn more about the practice before scheduling a consultation.

    
 
 
         
   K D. 
 
 
 
 Verified Lisa Enneis is a skilled professional with a broad toolbox and many helpful strategies. She has assisted me with a variety of challenges from trauma to grief to anxiety. I have participated in talk therapy and neurofeedback, and both have helped (or are continuing to help) me immensely. Lisa is intelligent and intuitive, compassionate and validating. I highly recommend her for help on any struggle or issue. She is a great support to have in your corner.
  
 
        
   Adara O. 
 
 
 
 Verified My 11 years old son has been seeing Lisa for 5 months now. Lisa has been doing neurofeedback on him. His anger and defiance has been way more manageable and he's been able function much better in school. It's been life changing therapy for him!
  
 
        
   N N. 
 
 
 
 Verified Lisa's work is amazing! Both my boys (9 and 13yrs) benefited from her neurofeeback intervention. Their attention, impulse control, sense of responsibility, sense of direction in life, and overall sense of being and maturity level have improved according to their teachers. 
I am especially pleased with my 13yr old son who has not been responsive with other interventions. He now wants to do good and wants to please me and he's socially improving with peer interaction. His teachers noticed this behavior improvement as well. I highly recommend Lisa for any child or adult who wants to increase his attention span and his overall sense of being.
  
 
        
   Stacy C. 
 
 
 
 Verified I wanted to update my review to include my progress since it's been 9 months now. 

I feel so much better about my depression and anger issues and I've moved on to my anxiety and focus challenges.

Neuro feedback really works and Lisa is an awesome lady.
  
 
        
   Mamato T. 
 
 
 
 Verified I am very thankful for Lisa Ennais. She helped our daughter get a diagnosis started for ADHD and now we are beginning the path to getting her various treatments to help make it more manageable. Lisa Ennais is very calm, considerate, and a thoughtful listener. She made my daughter feel very comortable and made the experience fun. She has great experience in this field and I was so grateful that after praying we could find someone to help our daughter, Lisa Ennais was found, and was just what we needed. Thank you Jesus for this answered prayer.
  
 
        
   J D. 
 
 
 
 Verified Lisa has been performing nuerofeedback on my 12 year old daughter for the past 6 months in effort to reduce absence seizures (petite mal epilepsy). We have been very pleased with the results.  My daughter is a difficult case since medications are not very effective at reducing her daily seizures. With nuerofeedback, my daughter's seizures were reduced by 50 percent!!!  We were so pleased!

We enjoy working with Lisa as she is a very caring person and my daughter is very comfortable with her. We highly recommend her.
  
 
        
   Dinah I. 
 
 
 
 Verified I love Lisa! She has helped me in so many ways. She has me sleeping better than I have in years using neurofeedback (a form of biofeedback). Also lessened my anxiety substantially. Highly recommend:)
  
 
        
   Susan S. 
 
 
 
 Verified I suppose it would not be an exaggeration to say that Mrs. Ennais has helped to change my family's life. About 9 months ago I found her information and went to see her with our young son, whose energy and hyperactivity and impulsivity had driven me to have anxiety attacks and simply had brought severe tension into our lives. I felt at my last reserves and had strong anxiety and depression because of the difficulties we went through with our son. I vividly recall how often she reassured me that things will get better with the neurofeedback - and I vividly recall how sceptical I was - to be honest, I simply did not believe in it. I had never heard of it and I simply did not believe it would or could work. 9 months later, my son displays minimal to no symptoms of hyperactivity! She has truly changed my life and my family's life. More importantly, she has always been utterly honest - recommending less treatment when she felt it was appropriate, even though that meant financial loss to her. She always put my sons well being first and my family's financial capabilities. She is calm and understanding, and one of the few psychologists in the region who have the ethics, kindness and understanding to accept insurances, so that the middle classes can also afford this sustainable, healthy training of the brain. Why on earth take medications when there is an effective treatment available and such a kindhearted and gentle psychologist who can administer the treatment? 

Mrs. Lisa, I think its safe to say that you will always - always - have a place in our memory and heart. I cannot thank you enough - for being there, for always putting our interests before your own, for having saved my sanity. 

Kindly,

Susan Saadat
  
 
        
   Marie L. 
 
 
 
 Verified I did not know where to turn for help w/a family member with debilitating anxiety; I found Lisa, who turned out to be extremely knowledgeable, responseive to our needs, and easy to work with. We did some neurofeedback. and were seeing positive results. Sadly, I only had to quit b/c our insurance changed. Lisa is committed to seeing people overcome whatever is holding them back in life. She is compassionate, empathetic, and a skilled therapist.

A Licensed Therapist With Decades of Experience

Finding the right mental health professional involves more than comparing services. Qualifications, experience, communication, and the therapeutic relationship all matter.

35+ Years of Experience

Extensive clinical experience supporting emotional, behavioral, and relationship concerns across different stages of life.

California LMFT #30245

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist regulated by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

In-Person & Telehealth Therapy

Counseling options designed to support different scheduling and appointment needs.

Individual, Couples & Family Counseling Support

Services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Meet Lisa Enneis, LMFT – Newport Beach Therapist

For more than 35 years, I’ve worked with people navigating emotional, behavioral, developmental, and relationship concerns. I understand that reaching out for support can feel unfamiliar, especially when you’ve been managing challenges on your own.

My approach begins with understanding your experiences and identifying what you want to work toward. I provide therapy and neurofeedback services in Newport Beach, with attention to individual needs, family relationships, and practical concerns affecting everyday life.

Whether you’re looking for support for yourself, your child, or your relationship, I welcome the opportunity to discuss your needs and whether my services are an appropriate fit.

Questions to Ask Before Choosing Therapy

How do I know whether therapy is right for me?

You don’t need to wait until a situation becomes overwhelming to explore counseling. People seek therapy for anxiety, relationship concerns, emotional difficulties, behavioral challenges, and personal growth. An initial conversation can help you decide whether therapy may be appropriate for your needs.

What happens during the first therapy session?

An initial session generally includes discussing your concerns, relevant history, goals, and questions about the counseling process. It also gives you an opportunity to learn about the therapist’s approach and consider whether the working relationship feels suitable.

Do you offer online therapy in Newport Beach?

Yes. Lisa’s published schedule includes both in-person appointments at her Newport Beach office and telehealth appointments during the week. Current availability and eligibility should be confirmed when scheduling.

Can parents be involved in their child's therapy?

Parent involvement may be part of the therapeutic process, depending on the child’s age, individual needs, confidentiality considerations, and treatment goals. Lisa can discuss how communication and parent participation may be handled.

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Ready to Talk About What's Been on Your Mind?

You don’t have to know exactly where to begin. Whether you’re seeking support for anxiety, navigating family challenges, exploring counseling for your child, or working through relationship difficulties, a conversation can help clarify your options.

Contact Lisa Enneis, LMFT, to learn more about available counseling services and discuss the next step.