About Lisa
Lisa Bicket is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience in Illinois. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes in a calm, practical way. She creates a space where people can talk about what matters to them.
Sessions aim to make small, helpful shifts - better sleep, steadier mood, clearer communication, or relief from grief. Lisa uses everyday language and straightforward tools rather than jargon.
How Lisa works
Her background includes long-term work with trauma, family issues, and relationship concerns. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, compassion fatigue, bipolar mood challenges, and attention differences. This range gives her experience with both immediate problems and longer-term patterns.
In sessions she blends client-centered listening with structured techniques. That means listening closely to each person's priorities, then trying practical steps they can test between meetings. Techniques include cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused planning.
Clients can expect sessions that are collaborative and goals-focused. Lisa often helps people set small, doable goals and track progress. She checks in about what’s working and adjusts the plan to fit day-to-day life.
People who appreciate clear guidance, patience, and a steady presence tend to find this style helpful. Lisa works to meet people where they are and to help them build skills they can use after therapy ends.
Lisa lists 6 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
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and understanding each person’s priorities. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offers empathy, and helps people clarify what matters most so goals feel relevant and doable.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing mood swings by teaching concrete skills to try between sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to the present moment through brief practices and grounding exercises. These tools can help with stress, rumination, anger, and managing strong emotions in daily life.
Finding the right approach is something the therapist does together with each person. She will listen to your needs, discuss options, and try methods that match your goals and preferences. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust strategies if something isn’t working.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and more conversational work. Phone sessions can be a good fit when lower bandwidth is needed or when being off-camera feels easier. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick skills practice, or daily support between longer sessions. These formats help fit therapy into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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