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Lisa Bahar

Lisa Bahar is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and licensed professional clinical counselor. She received her graduate degree from Pepperdine University in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy and her Baccalaureate in Cinema-Television Production from the University of Southern California. In addition, she is certified as a drug and alcohol addiction counselor with the California Certification Board of Alcohol & Drug Counselors. Lisa is known as a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) therapist and provides a comprehensive DBT Informed Skills Training groups, which provide clients the "How" skills to deal with emotionally reactive behaviors, inability to express feelings and difficulties in managing stress and ability to self-calm. In addition, her use of Cinema-Therapy serves as a collaborative tool of using film stories as symbolic metaphors of problems and challenges clients may be facing.

Lisa is a Mental Health Consultant for the U.S. Government’s Department of Defense through MHN’s Government Military & Family Life Program where she provides behavioral health and wellness expertise to Active Service Members, Guard and Reserve Components and Veterans; as well as their families on how to cope with challenges presented by the military lifestyle.