Isabella Sarkissian-Ourkhan, LMFT
Calm, practical support for anxiety and relationships
About Isabella
Isabella Sarkissian-Ourkhan is a California-based licensed marriage and family therapist with 18 years of practice. She helps people cope with stress and anxiety, manage depression, and build self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also supports those facing relationship struggles and major life changes. Isabella focuses on making sessions feel straightforward and calm.
She creates a space where people can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Conversations tend to be practical and focused on small, manageable steps forward.
Her work often centers on communication problems, forgiveness, and dealing with guilt or shame. She also helps people who feel isolated or who are questioning life purpose and self-love.
Social anxiety and social phobia are other areas she addresses. Isabella draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions.
She tailors approaches to each person, aiming for clear goals and realistic progress. Sessions include reflection, skill-building, and planning for real-life situations.
People describe the first step as the hardest, and Isabella’s approach emphasizes steady support. She encourages short-term wins while working toward longer term change.
Her goal is to help clients feel more confident and capable in daily life.
Approaches and what online therapy offers
Isabella uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she uses teaches skills for managing anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and breaking problems into smaller steps. These techniques are helpful for panic, persistent worry, and daily stressors.She also works with methods that address mood and self-esteem by identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new behaviors. This helps with low mood, motivation, self-love, and feelings of guilt or shame. For relationship and communication concerns she guides people through clearer ways to express needs, set boundaries, and repair connection.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That process may include trying a few methods and adjusting as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, manage incremental practice between meetings, and pick the format that feels most comfortable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English