About Lisa
Lisa Hammes helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting struggles, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports those dealing with grief, anger, self-esteem problems, ADHD, career questions, and life changes. Lisa is a Licensed Professional Counselor, or LPC, with 11 years of experience and practices in Wisconsin.
Her style is warm and interactive. She brings a sense of humor when appropriate and aims to meet people where they are.
How Lisa works
Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals rather than long lectures. Lisa blends several approaches to fit each person’s needs. She commonly uses client-centered methods that place the person’s experience at the center of work, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness tools to steady attention and reduce reactivity.
She also draws from dialectical behavior ideas and Jungian perspectives when they are useful. In a typical session she listens first, then helps identify small, manageable changes. She may teach coping skills, practice new ways of communicating, or map out steps to handle a stressful situation.
Homework or brief exercises between sessions are offered when helpful. Lisa emphasizes strengths and collaboration. She respects each person’s history and helps build on what already works.
People who want straightforward, flexible support for practical problems and emotional healing often find her approach easy to follow.
Lisa lists 7 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
How Lisa blends approaches for online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and perspective. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the person shape the work around their values and hopes. This approach helps when someone needs acceptance and a clear space to sort out feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is a hands-on method for reducing anxiety, managing mood, and changing patterns that get in the way of daily life. Clients often leave sessions with concrete skills they can practice between meetings.
Finding the right mix of methods is a team effort. Lisa will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try strategies, and adjust the approach as needed. She aims to collaborate so the work feels useful and fits the person’s life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging can work for brief updates or people who prefer writing. These options can help therapy fit into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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