Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
How Lisa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC, LMHC
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Florida
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lisa
Lisa Amodeo is a licensed counselor with three decades of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life changes. She focuses on problems like anger, anxiety, stress, addiction, and relationship strain. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at helping clients find manageable ways to feel steadier day to day.
She uses a strengths-based approach that looks for what already works in a person's life. Sessions tend to include skill building, reflection on values and goals, and steps clients can take between visits.
Background and approach
Lisa blends talking, behavioral strategies, and emotion-focused work to address immediate concerns and longer-term patterns. Her background spans substance use treatment and community mental health. That includes work in detox, residential programs, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programs, and aftercare.
She has also worked with veterans and people of different ages in outpatient settings. Lisa holds a Master of Educational Psychology in Mental Health Counseling from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and is licensed as an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
She draws on this experience when helping people cope with grief, depression, sleep and eating problems, and parenting stress. Outside work she spends time outdoors, enjoys scuba diving and CrossFit, and values family time with friends and animals. Her approach aims to be warm, practical, and sometimes lighthearted while focused on real change.
What Lisa works with
Everything Lisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lisa's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches you can use in online therapy
Lisa often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. This approach can be useful for anxiety, stress, anger, and life transitions.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches specific strategies to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often applied to anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and coping with substance-related urges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and the challenges they bring. That may mean blending approaches over time and trying practical skills in between sessions.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life, such as taking a session during a lunch break or avoiding travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins when a full session isn't needed and make continued care possible during major life changes. Confirm the current session options and formats before booking so you know what is offered.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What kinds of concerns does she help address?
She works with a wide range of issues including anger, anxiety, stress, addiction, depression, grief, relationship and family conflict, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, and career or life transitions.
What is her general therapy style like?
Her style is strengths-based and practical. Sessions combine talk, skill-building, and steps to try between meetings to reduce distress and support clearer decisions.
How much experience does she bring?
She has about 30 years of clinical experience working across substance use treatment and community mental health settings.
Which credentials and region does she represent?
She holds a Master of Educational Psychology in Mental Health Counseling and is licensed as an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). Her listed location is Illinois.
In what languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She accepts international clients according to the profile information provided.
How are sessions scheduled and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.