About Lisa
Lisa Allen is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of practice in Illinois. She focuses on clear, practical help for common and complex problems. Lisa aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for people under stress.
Her background includes long experience helping people manage anxiety, stress, trauma and grief. She also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping concerns, parenting strains, anger, and challenges with self-esteem and life direction.
How Lisa works
She supports people facing ADHD and other disabilities and those working through compassion fatigue or bipolar-related stress. Lisa uses compassion and steady attention to understand each person’s story. Sessions typically center on finding small, manageable changes that add up to real relief.
She helps people develop self-love, explore life purpose, and practice forgiveness when that is part of healing. Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens closely, offers straightforward coping tools, and helps clients test what works between sessions.
Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques are part of her approach, used to build habits and set clear goals. People who want calm guidance and concrete next steps tend to do well with her. She aims to create a supportive space where clients can notice patterns, try new behaviors, and move forward at their own pace.
Lisa lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Lisa works with
The areas below are the ones Lisa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How Lisa Uses Mindfulness and Solution-Focused Work Online
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts, body signals, and emotions so people can respond more calmly. It can help with anxiety, stress, sleep problems, and managing strong emotions by building brief daily practices and grounding skills.Solution-Focused Therapy zooms in on practical steps and what a person wants to change next. Sessions focus on small, achievable goals and on repeating what works, which is useful for relationship concerns, career decisions, and coping with life changes.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about needs, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit. This is a collaborative process with regular check-ins to adjust techniques and goals as progress happens.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper exchanges, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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