About Lisa
Lisa Scott is a licensed clinical social worker with 32 years of experience helping people handle stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She works with individuals who struggle with self-esteem, anger, addictions, relationship and family problems, and ADHD. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at making therapy feel practical and manageable.
She brings calm and steady support when grief, trauma, or major change feels overwhelming. Lisa focuses on clear communication skills and emotional awareness.
Background and approach
She helps clients notice patterns, set small goals, and practice new ways of coping. Lisa uses several approaches to match what each person needs. She often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values even when emotions are strong. Her work includes attention to attachment and relationship dynamics, and she helps people untangle issues like codependency, control struggles, and impulsivity. Lisa also addresses concerns around prejudice, aging, caregiver stress, and obsessive-compulsive patterns.
Clients can expect a collaborative process where goals are reviewed and adjusted as progress is made. Lisa combines practical skills, emotion-focused listening, and thoughtful reflection to support change. She practices in Michigan and offers sessions using multiple online formats.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Lisa often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and to act in ways that match their values. This approach can help with anxiety, low mood, and the frustration that comes with attention challenges. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and shift routines and behaviors that keep problems going; CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and compulsive patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. Over time, the plan is adjusted based on what helps you make steady progress.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls allow real-time conversation similar to an office visit, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text can support quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options aim to give flexible ways to keep up momentum and practice skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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