Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Lisa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lisa
Lisa Westcoat is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 14 years of full-time experience in mental health and addiction treatment. She focuses on helping people manage anger, stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Her manner is warm and direct, blending encouragement with practical steps.
Lisa uses straightforward conversations to identify patterns that keep people stuck. She helps clients notice thoughts and behaviors that fuel anger, impulsivity, or substance use, then practices new responses that feel more manageable.
Background and approach
Sessions are tailored to what each person needs right now. Her background includes extensive work with addiction, family conflict, grief, and trauma and abuse. That experience informs how she approaches difficult topics like domestic violence, control issues, and codependency.
She also draws on work with adoption, abandonment, and parenting stresses when these issues appear in sessions. Clinically, Lisa blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, existential ideas, and mindfulness techniques. She uses tools from these approaches to help people change unhelpful thinking, build values-based goals, and practice calm in stressful moments.
Her style is pragmatic and compassionate. Sessions often include gentle challenge, skills practice, and check-ins on what’s working. Lisa aims to support people as they make changes that lead to clearer thinking, better relationships, and more stable daily routines.
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- 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 to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, which can be useful for anger and avoidance patterns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It provides concrete tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and practice different responses, which is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and impulsive reactions.
Lisa treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. She will work with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. That can mean mixing ACT, CBT, client-centered listening, and mindfulness exercises as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for deeper conversation and skills practice, phone sessions are convenient when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a short check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family, or treatment commitments.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What concerns does she address?
Lisa helps people with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, parenting strains, and related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and direct with practical skills. Sessions mix conversation, skill practice, and goal work tailored to each person.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of full-time experience working in the mental health field and in addiction treatment.
What credentials and where is she based?
She holds the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential (LMHC) and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.