Doctoral Student
PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision
Grand Canyon University

Lisa Peredia is the current Assistant Director for the California Baptist University Counseling Center in Riverside, CA, and CEO of Allay Counseling Services. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Mrs. Peredia provides operational and clinical leadership and training to office and clinical staff while providing individual and couple therapy sessions through Allay Counseling Services. Her roles include oversight to implement clinical supervision with faith-based integration to Marriage and Family Therapist Trainees and Marriage and Family Therapist Associates. Mrs. Peredia exemplifies clinical skills, leadership, and clinical supervision to her counseling center staff and at Allay Counseling Services.
 
Mrs. Peredia has worked in the mental health industry since 2012 with a clinical focus on faith integration, trauma-informed care, somatic processing, art therapy, EMDR training, IFS training, various suicide training, DBT certification, and a CAMFT Certified Supervisor. Mrs. Peredia has imparted her training as a clinical supervisor since 2019 and has a history of working with adolescents and college-age young adults. She has the experience and excels in clinical documentation, resourcing clients and supervisees, Medi-Cal contracts, program management roles, and responsibilities, grant writing, overseeing budget monitoring and decisions, case management, and the training of fellow staff. Mrs. Peredia’s leadership style is compassionate yet firm.
          
Mrs. Peredia graduated from the University of Phoenix with a master’s in science in their Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy program in 2012. Mrs. Peredia has completed licensure and CAMFT Certified Supervisor Training. She is pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision at Grand Canyon University. Her research interests include exploring faith integration in the clinical supervision process while exploring the impact on client progress in reducing overall distress. Mrs. Peredia believes and provides faith-based therapy, supervision, and leadership that is biblically based and rooted in psychologically sound interventions, including evidence-based modalities and trauma-informed care.
          
Mrs. Peredia intends to use her doctoral journey to influence ongoing research to incorporate best practices at the California Baptist University’s Counseling Center and her clinical practices through Allay Counseling Services.