Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
How Lisa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lisa
Lisa Allen is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life changes. She works with individuals facing stress, anxiety, anger, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and career or purpose questions. Lisa also supports people coping with ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and compassion fatigue.
Her sessions focus on practical steps that fit into everyday life. She uses mindfulness practices to help people notice reactions and calm intense moments.
Background and approach
She also draws on solution-focused methods to set clear goals and try small, manageable changes. Lisa aims for a warm, collaborative tone. She invites people to describe what feels hardest and then maps out concrete next steps.
Sessions often include breathing and grounding exercises, short behavioral experiments, and goal-setting between meetings. Her work pays particular attention to self-love, forgiveness, and finding life purpose. Those themes are woven into shorter-term plans when appropriate, or into a longer plan for ongoing growth.
The emphasis is on tools that can be used outside of sessions. Based in Illinois, Lisa brings two and a half decades of practice to each meeting. She focuses on helping people build resilience and stronger emotional habits.
The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
What Lisa works with
Everything Lisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lisa's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Self-love
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 Uses Mindfulness and Solution-Focused Work Online
Lisa uses mindfulness therapy to help people notice physical and emotional reactions without getting swept away by them; short breathing and attention exercises are often used to calm intense moments and improve sleep or reduce impulsive anger. Solution-focused therapy in her work means setting small, clear goals and trying practical experiments between sessions to see what helps most with relationships, career steps, or day-to-day coping.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Lisa talks with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they pick or blend methods and adjust the plan if something isn’t working. That way the approach fits the person, not the other way around.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, phone sessions can be easier when video isn’t possible, live chat suits short check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing feedback between meetings. These options make it simpler to keep momentum while working on anger, stress, or life changes.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What concerns does Lisa focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping struggles, career questions, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and other life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, blending mindfulness practices with solution-focused steps to create manageable plans for change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Lisa has 25 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker supporting people through a wide range of emotional challenges.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is an Illinois LCSW and practices from Illinois.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for online sessions?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin you complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.