Lizeth Ma, received her Masters Degree in Counselling, Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Phoenix and returned to San Diego, where she worked for the Department of Veteran Affairs and was Director of Social Services at the LifeSTEPS educational and social support program for residents of low-income housing projects.

For 8 years she serves as Lead Clinician on the staff of the Kickstart Program of Providence Community Services. Kickstart was an early-adopter of the PIER Model Program. Ms Ma’s exemplary work in Multifamily Psychoeducation Groups (MFG) at Kickstart led to an invitation to join the PTI training faculty, where she has completed the train-the-trainer process and is now a member of the Senior Faculty.

Lizeth also served as director of programs for Operation HOPE North North for 4 years, she served women and children that suffer from homelessness and trauma. Lizeth is currently running her own private practice were her focus is servicing individuals that suffer from severe mental health. She is currently also seeing active duty military for treatment for inservice trauma.

Lizeths lasted project is Chief Executive Officer for Intake Exhale by Ma and Shammas psychotherapy group. Group practice that she co-owns and their primary service focus is Bipolar and psychosis.

Lizeth currently resides in San Diego California were she was born and raised and lives with her husband and daughter.

Lizeth Ma
Lizeth Ma
MFT