Meet Lisa Christensen, LMFT
Helping overwhelmed, high-functioning women reconnect with themselves.
You handle a constant, invisible list of responsibilities—things everyone assumes you'll handle, without even needing to ask.
You’re the one who smooths over tension at work, picks up extra tasks, coordinates details, remembers holidays, birthdays, appointments, deadlines.
You take on everything that keeps life running smoothly for those around you.
You say yes without hesitating because you don’t want to let anyone down, and because saying no doesn’t feel like an option. Being helpful is how you prove your worth.
You’re always trying to be thoughtful—making things easier for everyone else and making sure no one ever has to feel burdened, uncomfortable, or uncertain because of you.
When you’re overwhelmed, you still try to keep it together: reliable, consistent, composed.
But recently, you’re dropping texts, forgetting things, snapping at people you love, and stressing over why you can’t keep it all going the way you used to.
You tell yourself maybe things would get better if you could just try harder. But deep down, you know you’re running on fumes.
Even in your closest relationships, you feel a disconnect.
You’re generous with your time, careful with your words, always trying to anticipate what others need, but it doesn’t feel mutual.
You give all that you can, and still end up feeling unseen or quietly resentful.
Lately, you feel flat. You go through the motions, keep showing up, say the right things. But you don’t feel present.
You’re not sure when it started.
But most days you feel disconnected and distant—even from yourself.
You’re struggling just to care, even though it’s what you always do.
You’re doing everything you were raised to believe makes someone good, dependable, worthy.
You should feel fulfilled.
But instead of feeling whole, you feel scattered and spent.
You’ve done everything you were supposed to.
But lately, part of you is starting to panic—because you’ve hit the end of the script, and you can already feel how unsustainable this pace really is.
Hi, I’m Lisa
Therapy isn’t about pushing harder, doing more, or fixing what’s “wrong” with you.
I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist in Utah who works with high-functioning women who are burned out, anxious, and exhausted from putting everyone else first.
Over the past eight years, I’ve helped clients work through all kinds of challenges—but the ones who’ve always stayed with me are women like you: thoughtful, capable, and constantly overextending themselves. The ones who are outwardly managing, but privately burning out.
Therapy is a place to come up for air.
A space where you can finally hear your own thoughts—without guilt, pressure, or outside noise.
I’m interested in the why behind your patterns—what they've been protecting, and why it's made sense to disconnect.
Because once you can name what’s happening underneath, it becomes easier to make choices that reflect who you are and what matters to you.
I ask questions you probably haven't had space to ask yourself. And then I actually give you that space. I'm not going to rush you toward insight or hand you a framework before you're ready for it. What I will do is pay close attention, stay curious about what's underneath, and tell you the truth about what I'm noticing. You can stop managing how you come across in here. I'll still be paying attention long after the first session.
I'll stay with you through the in-between, as clarity deepens and it becomes easier to move through life in ways that reflect your needs, values, and inner voice.
Common Reasons Women Reach Out
Training & Education
Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy (MS), Seattle Pacific University
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) — Utah
Clinical practice since 2018
Let’s Talk
You don’t have to keep carrying this alone.
If you’re ready to feel more like yourself, therapy can help.
Request an appointment, and I’ll be in touch to take next steps.