About Lisa
Lisa Bradford is an LCSW with 35 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, and ADHD. She offers steady, practical support for life changes and mood concerns. Her approach is warm and direct and aimed at helping people find realistic steps forward.
She meets people where they are and partners with them to set achievable goals. Sessions focus on problem solving, building routines, and finding small changes that add up.
Background and approach
She uses straightforward tools rather than medical jargon so people can use what they learn right away. Lisa blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness exercises. She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods to help clarify priorities and strengthen motivation.
Together with each person she creates a plan that fits their life and pace. Her background includes long-term clinical work in Virginia in individual and group settings. Over decades she has supported people through severe mood disorders, caregiver stress, trauma, and recovery from substance use.
This experience informs practical strategies for daily coping and long-term change. In sessions she emphasizes collaboration, respect, and steady encouragement. The focus is on concrete skills - managing difficult thoughts, improving sleep and routine, reducing overwhelm, and rebuilding hope.
Lisa aims to help people gain momentum toward a more manageable life.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on meeting each person where they are and building a trusting working relationship; it helps when someone needs a supportive, steady listener while figuring out next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical techniques for managing anxiety, low mood, or ADHD-related challenges. Mindfulness therapy uses simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus over time.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust strategies based on what helps most. That process is flexible and driven by the client’s preferences and daily life demands.
Online formats offer several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues while still saving travel time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief, frequent support between sessions and a way to work through immediate worries or check progress. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between visits.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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