- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Lisa
Lisa Patton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with seven years of clinical experience. She offers straightforward, compassionate care for people juggling stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship concerns, and parenting challenges. Lisa creates a calm space where clients can be heard and begin to make small changes that matter.
Her work focuses on practical steps. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen deeply and help clients feel understood.
Background and approach
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions to reduce distress. Lisa has supported people through trauma, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and mood swings related to bipolar disorder. She also helps with issues such as adoption and foster care concerns, postpartum depression, and coping with life changes.
Sessions aim to clarify goals and build simple tools for daily life. Therapy with Lisa tends to be direct and goal-oriented while staying warm and respectful. She encourages clients to set realistic steps and practices between sessions.
Over time these small shifts can ease daily stress and improve relationships. People meet with her by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. That range of formats helps fit therapy into busy lives and makes ongoing contact more manageable.
What Lisa works with
Everything Lisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lisa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Lisa’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy is about being heard and respected. The therapist focuses on understanding the person's experience and responding without judgment to help them feel more capable and connected. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, or low mood.Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try options, and adjust methods based on what helps. Together they decide which mix of listening and skill-building feels most useful for the client’s concerns and daily life.
Online therapy formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and deeper work. Phone calls can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messages work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options increase flexibility and help people stay consistent with care.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What concerns does Lisa help with?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, and self-esteem issues along with related areas like postpartum depression and adoption and foster care concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, offering a listening, empathetic approach alongside practical exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional work experience as a counselor in Alabama.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - and practices in Alabama.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on therapist availability.
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