About Lisa
Lisa Bradford is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 35 years of experience in Virginia. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and major life changes. Her work also covers addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
Her approach is warm and patient-centered. She aims to meet people where they are and partners with them to set practical goals. Sessions focus on small, manageable steps so progress feels achievable.
How Lisa works
Lisa draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses mindfulness practices to build calm and solution-focused strategies to identify immediate next steps. Motivational interviewing supports people who are working through readiness to change.
Over three and a half decades she has worked in direct care settings with individuals and groups, addressing mental health recovery, caregiver stress, and problem solving around ongoing health concerns. That background informs a steady, pragmatic style that values hope and realistic planning. People who come to her can expect straightforward talk, goal-setting, and tools they can use between sessions.
She encourages small experiments and tracks progress over time. Lisa emphasizes respect and a nonjudgmental stance while helping clients move toward the changes they want. Her practice also includes additional focus areas such as adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, cancer and hospice and end-of-life counseling.
She works in English and practices in Virginia.
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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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Lisa uses client-centered work that focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building a collaborative plan. This approach helps when someone needs empathy, validation, and a space to sort out feelings before making changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy offers simple practices to notice sensations and thoughts without overreacting, which can ease stress and improve focus.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lisa will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that seem likely to help. She adjusts plans based on what the person reports and how well strategies are working, making the process collaborative and flexible.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see and respond to each other, while phone sessions can fit a work break or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and keep momentum between sessions.
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