Psychology with Dr. Lisa Petronis
Compassionate. Catholic. Clinically Rooted.
Psychology with Dr. Lisa Petronis, Clinical Psychologist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
You don’t have to navigate this alone...
If you’re carrying anxiety, emotional pain, relationship strain, or spiritual hardship, you don’t have to carry it by yourself. For nearly 30 years, Dr. Lisa Petronis has accompanied adults and couples through life’s hardest seasons—helping them steady the interior life, strengthen relationships, and live more fully beyond the immediate crisis.
How I Help
Every person brings a complex story—often marked by pain, shaped by resilience, and moved by a quiet hope that things could be different. Dr. Petronis listens carefully and responds with the best of clinical psychology and Catholic wisdom.
“Dr. Petronis’ approach was incredibly helpful… the environment she created was warm, safe, and non-judgmental, which made it easy to open up about my challenges.”
Lorena
- Address anxiety, depression, and emotional fatigue
- Rebuild after relational conflict, betrayal, or loss
- Navigate marriage and family struggles
- Untangle spiritual disorientation or scrupulosity
- Care for wounds related to trauma or addiction
- Reclaim strength, peace, and purpose in daily life
My Approach
Catholic. Clinical. Embodied.
Dr. Petronis’s approach is more than integrative—it is lived. As a licensed psychologist and marriage & family therapist, seasoned by trauma research and service, disciplined as a lifelong athlete, and formed as a Benedictine Oblate, she works from a quiet rhythm of prayer and work that steadies the clinical process. She meets clients with clear language and careful presence, uniting evidence-based psychology with a coherent Catholic anthropology.
From this foundation flow three commitments:
Clinical Rigor
Faith at the Center
Lived Wisdom
Tools forged through steady discipline—prayer, study, and athletic training—helping build resilient habits of mind, body, and spirit.
About
Dr. Lisa Petronis
Dr. Petronis is a licensed psychologist and Marriage & Family Therapist whose work integrates rigorous clinical formation, a deeply lived Catholic faith, and the disciplined vitality of a lifelong athlete. Formed as a Benedictine Oblate, she works from a quiet rhythm of ora et labora—prayer and work—that steadies the clinical process. Grounded in phenomenology and evidence-based psychology, she attends to the whole person with clear language, careful presence, and freedom ordered to the good.
- Nearly 30 years of clinical experience
- PhD in Clinical Psychology and two master’s degrees
- Groundbreaking research with the Lost Boys of Sudan
- Co-Founding California Sudanese Lost Boys & Girls Foundation
- Media features: ABC/10 News, KOGO/Catholic Radio, Shalom World TV, The Jennifer Fulwiler Show
- Ongoing teaching at Catholic institutions
- Founder of Halleluya Living® and co-creator of Warrior of the Kingdom™
- A lifelong athlete—“Barkley” on the court and “The Blueprint” in the boxing gym—bringing disciplined clarity to care that is both practical and prayerful
“Resilience is formed long before the moment of pressure.”
— Dr. Lisa (“The Blueprint”)
Credentials & Areas of Expertise
Licenses & Degrees
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY27930)
- Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFC41727)
- PhD in Clinical Psychology – Pacifica Graduate Institute
- M.A. in Clinical Psychology – Pacifica Graduate Institute
- M.A. in Counseling – University of Phoenix
- Certified Master Christian Life Coach (CMCLC)
Specialties:
- Trauma-informed psychological care
- Anxiety, depression, and emotional healing
- Marriage and family therapy
- Addiction recovery
- Catholic-integrated psychotherapy
- Spiritual formation and discernment
ready to begin
Start Your Healing Journey
Whether you’re just beginning to seek help or are ready to go deeper, Dr. Lisa provides a space of clarity, compassionate care, and enduring transformation.