About Lisa
Lisa Draper greets people with steady presence and practical support. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with seven years of counseling experience. Lisa draws on a varied life that includes military service and emergency response work to understand stress under pressure.
She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and addictions. She also supports those coping with life changes, grief, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
How Lisa works
Relationship strain and LGBT concerns are also part of her focus. In sessions Lisa uses straightforward methods that aim to break unhelpful patterns. She blends acceptance-based tools, cognitive techniques, mindfulness, client-centered listening, and EMDR when appropriate.
The goal is practical change - clearer thinking, fewer overwhelming reactions, and more options for day-to-day life. Lisa brings additional experience with caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, blended family issues, communication problems, and challenges veterans and first responders often face. Her background in the military, corrections, firefighting, and emergency medicine informs a calm, no-nonsense style.
People meet her to work on concrete goals like managing panic, reducing substance use, improving sleep, or recovering from traumatic memories. Sessions focus on what a person needs now and the next small steps that help them move forward.
Lisa lists 9 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take small, meaningful actions toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by shifting attention toward what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that helps process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact, often used when past events continue to cause intense reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That plan can change over time as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people maintain a face-to-face rhythm while fitting sessions around work or caregiving. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier on days when a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, notes between appointments, or ongoing reflections when scheduling a full session is hard. These options make it easier to stay consistent and keep momentum toward change.
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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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