Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Alisa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCMHC, LPC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, Virginia
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Alisa
Alisa Branch is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor with 14 years of combined experience. She offers a warm, interactive approach and focuses on practical skills that people can use between sessions. Her style is straightforward and supportive, with clear feedback and hands-on tools for coping and behavior change.
Alisa uses short tasks and skill practice to help reduce anxiety and manage strong emotions. She draws on therapies that teach concrete skills for regulation, problem solving, and communication.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize small steps that add up to real change over time. Her background includes outpatient mental health, community mental health agencies, independent practice, and community medical settings. Before outpatient work she spent eight years in inpatient psychiatric care and mobile crisis, which shaped her ability to respond calmly in difficult moments.
Alisa blends cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, dialectical behavior tools, and solution-focused strategies to match each person’s needs. She aims to make each plan practical, so clients can practice new ways of coping at home and work.
People often seek Alisa for stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She also offers help for issues like communication problems, codependency, infidelity, and blended family stress. She practices in North Carolina and provides services in English.
Her approach centers on collaboration - setting clear goals and tracking progress one step at a time.
What Alisa works with
Everything Alisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Alisa's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alisa lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-focused online care that teaches skills
Alisa often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy methods in online work. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking so behavior and mood can shift. DBT offers practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening communication in stressful moments.Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines to pick methods that fit each person's life. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most, so clients are active partners in choosing techniques.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video visits let people work face to face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text sessions make it easier to check in quickly or review short skills between longer appointments. These options aim to make regular work on goals easier to fit into a busy schedule.
Questions people ask about Alisa
What concerns does this therapist help with?
Common concerns include stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, parenting strain, anger, and self-esteem challenges.
What is the therapist's approach or style in sessions?
The approach is interactive and warm, focusing on clear feedback, practical skills, and small between-session tasks to help people practice new coping strategies.
How much experience does the clinician have?
The clinician has 14 years of experience working across outpatient settings, independent practice, community agencies, inpatient psychiatric care, and mobile crisis work.
What are the therapist's credentials and location?
Credentials include LCMHC and LPC. The therapist practices in North Carolina and also holds a Virginia LPC credential.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or 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 that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.