- Years in practice
- 3
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Lisa
Lisa Zwagerman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin. She brings three years of counseling experience along with work as a career counselor and life coach. Lisa focuses on practical help for everyday struggles and understands how life changes can knock people off balance.
She works in a warm and encouraging way. Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters most to the client. Lisa aims to be a partner who listens, reflects, and helps people find manageable next steps.
Background and approach
Her work covers stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, relationship and family problems, grief, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem difficulties. She also addresses career changes, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and issues tied to adoption and foster care or caregiver stress. In sessions she uses client-centered methods and leans on cognitive behavioral and mindfulness practices.
That means helping people notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behavior changes, and build steady coping skills. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques guide short-term goals and action planning. Lisa offers phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging sessions to fit different schedules.
She works with adults navigating parenting and other life roles. People who want practical strategies and calm, steady support may find her approach helpful.
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
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused 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.
Approaches and online options for parenting and life challenges
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist offers empathy and reflects what she hears so clients can make sense of their feelings and choose their next steps. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, nonjudgmental space to talk about parenting, stress, or relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Lisa uses simple CBT techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and test small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety, improve mood, or make parenting tasks feel more manageable.
Mindfulness therapy teaches paying attention to the present moment with less judgment. Short mindfulness practices can help with stress, emotional reactivity, and grounding after a hard day caring for others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick strategies that fit their goals, needs, and daily life. She adapts tools over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for therapy-style conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting schedules and changing routines.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What concerns does Lisa help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and family problems, grief, trauma, and self-esteem issues. Additional focus areas include ADHD, compassion fatigue, career changes, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm and client-centered with practical techniques. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused tools to build coping skills and short-term goals.
What is her professional background?
Lisa has three years of experience as a mental health counselor plus work as a career counselor and life coach. That mix informs a practical, goal-oriented style.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Wisconsin and practices from that state.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary 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, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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