Masha Lisitsa, LMFT — Psychotherapist in San Francisco, CA
Address4053 18th St CA, San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone+1408-601-0193
Websitemashalisitsa.com
Masha Lisitsa is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in San Francisco, California, offering depth-oriented therapy for individuals and couples. She integrates psychodynamic therapy, EMDR, mindfulness, and attachment theory, tailoring her approach to client needs. Masha creates a compassionate, authentic space for exploring underlying patterns, relationship dynamics, trauma, anxiety, life transitions, and maternal mental health. She is a warm, empathic, and grounded therapist, described as a trustworthy guide who facilitates lasting change. Masha also provides clinical supervision to therapists in training. She offers a complimentary 15-minute consultation to assess client fit.
Best for
- Individuals seeking lasting change
- Couples in familiar cycles
- Those experiencing anxiety or depression
- First-generation immigrants
| Key services | Individual therapy, Couples therapy, EMDR therapy, Virtual sessions, Clinical supervision |
| Languages | Russian |
| Tags | depth-oriented therapy, psychodynamic therapy, emdr, mindfulness, attachment theory, maternal mental health, couples counseling, individual therapy, trauma healing, anxiety management |
Reviews on Google4.8 · 15 reviews
Masha is a grounded, thoughtful, and intuitive listener. She has a way of being both direct and compassionate. Conversations with her feel honest and meaningful, not surface-level, and the reflections she offers genuinely stick. I would wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone looking for a therapist who brings warmth and real presence to the work.
Masha has a confident, empathic therapeutic presence, a dedication to her craft, and life-experience that makes her a trustworthy guide.
Masha has been helping me for many years. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have found her. She is warm, empathetic, and knowledgeable, which makes her insight and advice uniquely valuable. She is professional but still human, letting her personality and humor shine through. Sitting with her you know you will be heard and held with care.
Masha is the ideal therapist. She is warm, compassionate, insightful, calm, and grounding. As a fellow therapist I have recommended numerous clients to her with great success. I trust her completely and have full confidence in her abilities. I would highly recommend her to anyone interested in healing.
Masha Lisitsa is one of the most talented licensed marriage and family therapist in the San Francisco, Bay Area! She is compassionate, intuitive and empathic. As a nutritionist who works with men and woman on issues ranging from eating disorders, anxiety and stress, Masha and I have been able to work together to help guide individuals to uncover patterns that are no longer serving them. Her mindfulness approach has helped so many people find the help that they have been looking for. I highly recommend Masha to anyone who is looking for a therapist that will make them feel safe, heard and supported.
Masha is an incredibly warm hearted therapist. I have always felt how present she was in our interactions together. She has shown so much empathy towards me and my vulnerability. She has made me feel safe and secure in opening and deepening into my own process. I have greatly appreciated sitting with her and I feel like she really is so genuine and caring. I highly recommend her if you are looking to work on your relationship (individually or with your significant other). She is professional, receptive, kind, and smart.
Masha has a kind, welcoming, and empathetic presence. When I sit with her, I feel like she is on my side, cares about, and is curious about me (she doesn't assume to know me). Since knowing her, I can honestly say I know myself better, which I consider the goal of any good therapy. I highly recommend Masha.
Masha has been my longtime therapist for many years, and I consider her to be my “rock.” In our time together, Masha has demonstrated that she is a true professional. She actively listens to me and has always shown compassion and support - no matter the severity of my concern. Masha’s calming and non-judgmental demeanor makes her easy to open up to, and I trust her with my most personal affairs and anxieties. Over the years the work I’ve done with Masha has helped me realize my best life, and has given me confidence in myself and in my ability to consistently perform at my best. My time seeing Masha has been a quality investment in my mental health and well being, and I would strongly recommend Masha to anyone who is looking for guidance and support.
Masha is someone I feel highly confident referring clients to. She has tremendous grounding energy and facilitates deep change for her clients. She skillfully holds the delicate balance of being both direct and compassionate. Masha communicates a stability within herself and a willingness to explore difficult spaces with her clients. Her presence is one of genuine compassion and support. I highly recommend her as a therapist.
I've been seeing Masha every week for over a year now. With her guidance and support I have worked through some major issues I've had from a very young age, both around anxiety in my own life and anxiety in the relationships I care most about. Without the work we've done together, there is no way I would have been able to create the most fulfilling relationship I've ever had with my current partner. Masha's passion for this work is very clear in the depth of her knowledge around different approaches to therapy, all of which she integrates seamlessly. That being said, it comes through post in the quality of her presence. I feel very safe and calm when we work together. I feel like I can tell her anything without being judged. I know that anything I say will be met with loving acceptance and empathy. It is this quality of presence combined with her skillful guidance that has allowed me to get to know myself and create change where I need to in a deeper way than I could have ever imagined. If you have the opportunity, do yourself the service of working with Masha.
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