Jalisa Lewis, LCSW
Practical, strengths-based support for everyday challenges
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Jalisa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, Virginia
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jalisa
Jalisa Lewis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina. She brings nine years of experience helping people face stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, anger, and parenting challenges. Her style is warm and practical and she aims to help people build workable skills for day-to-day life.
Jalisa centers sessions on each person's priorities. She treats the person as the expert on their life and follows their pace.
Background and approach
She uses a strengths-based frame and focuses on solutions that fit the client's goals and routines. In sessions she draws from a few well-known approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. That means talking through how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and trying out different strategies to change unhelpful patterns.
She also uses EMDR for clients who have trauma-related symptoms. Her background includes work in inpatient psychiatric care, residential behavioral treatment, a medical hospital setting including a pediatric intensive care unit, and higher education. Those experiences shaped a flexible approach to complex problems like grief, caregiving stress, and compassion fatigue.
People who want practical tools and steady support may find her helpful. She pays attention to cultural and racial dynamics and supports people navigating identity, discrimination, and family-of-origin concerns. Sessions aim to strengthen coping, communication, and self‑compassion.
What Jalisa works with
Everything Jalisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Jalisa's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jalisa lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-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.
How her approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, stress, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for depression, anxiety, and anger. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to reduce trauma-related distress by processing memories in a targeted way and can be helpful for people with lingering trauma symptoms.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try approaches, track progress, and adjust the plan based on what works for the individual.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth or camera use is a concern, live chat provides a shorter check-in option, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep work going through life changes.
Questions people ask about Jalisa
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Jalisa works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, relationship and family issues, parenting struggles, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and related concerns such as caregiver stress and self esteem.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-centered and strengths-based. She helps clients set goals and uses practical strategies that fit each person's life and priorities.
How many years of experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working in settings that include inpatient psychiatric care, residential treatment, a medical hospital, and higher education.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with NC LCSW and VA LCSW credentials and practices from North Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.