Works with
How Lisa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan, Utah, Maine, North Dakota
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lisa
Lisa Warden is a licensed social worker who brings 16 years of clinical experience to her practice. She draws on a long history of supporting people through trauma, addiction recovery, and personality-related struggles. Lisa emphasizes the mind-body link she first noticed while working as a massage therapist before finishing college.
Her approach is warm, flexible, and often threaded with gentle humor to help people feel more at ease. In sessions she aims to meet clients where they are.
Background and approach
She offers encouragement and practical skills rather than long lectures. People who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or anger can expect straightforward tools to manage symptoms day to day. Her practice also addresses depression, sleep and eating concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, and career or life transitions.
Lisa uses a mix of methods tailored to each person. She works with client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful patterns, and DBT skills for emotional regulation. For trauma, she may incorporate EMDR and mindfulness-based ideas when appropriate.
The focus is on what helps the individual move forward rather than fitting a strict protocol. Many clients come for help with recovery from abuse, codependency, or addictive behaviors. Others seek support for chronic health challenges, caregiver stress, or coping after loss.
Lisa also helps people facing attachment, abandonment, or control issues to build more flexible ways of relating. Sessions are offered in English and are available to people in Michigan as well as international clients. Lisa aims to make the process simple: a brief matching questionnaire and then scheduling that fits each person’s life.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
Approaches Lisa lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-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.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. It lets the person lead the conversation while the therapist reflects understanding and supports self-discovery. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical strategies to change patterns that cause distress. These tools help with anxiety, depression, anger, and day-to-day coping.Lisa also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT-style techniques teach breathing, grounding, and problem-solving steps that people can practice between sessions to handle strong feelings and urges. Together these approaches give a mix of validation, skill building, and targeted behavior change that suits many concerns seen in her work, including trauma recovery and addictive behaviors.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lisa works collaboratively to choose methods that match each person’s goals, needs, and preferences. She listens to what has helped or not helped in the past and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online formats bring practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter check-ins, written reflection, and flexible contact between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity over time.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What concerns does Lisa commonly help with?
She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anger, self-esteem, and related issues such as sleep or eating problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, flexible, and often uses humor. She focuses on listening first and then teaching practical skills to manage emotions and behavior.
What is her professional background?
Lisa has 16 years of clinical experience and previously worked as a massage therapist, which informs her awareness of the mind-body connection.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds credentials as an LMSW and an LCSW and practices from Michigan.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
People can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs.
How do fees and subscriptions work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.