About Lisa
Lisa Kuzman is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) with 17 years of experience. She focuses on trauma, grief, anxiety, stress, ADHD, and issues around self-esteem and life transitions. She aims to meet people where they are and offer steady, respectful support.
She uses a trauma-informed, client-centered approach and adapts each conversation to a person’s needs. That means sessions are guided by the person’s goals and paced to feel manageable.
How Lisa works
Lisa also draws on mindfulness and somatic tools to help with worry, tension, and overwhelming feelings. Practical problem-solving is part of the work too. She uses solution-focused techniques and motivational interviewing to help people clarify next steps for career concerns, coaching goals, or day-to-day coping.
Short-term goals and concrete strategies are common topics in sessions. Lisa has worked across a range of issues including caregiving stress, aging and geriatric concerns, cancer-related distress, and end-of-life matters. She also supports people dealing with isolation, money worries, control issues, and post-traumatic stress.
Her experience includes both clinical and coaching roles over nearly two decades. People who want a respectful, steady therapist can expect a collaborative relationship. Lisa listens for strengths and builds on them while offering skills to manage distress.
She encourages honest conversation and sets plans that fit each person’s life and pace.
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.
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
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Online support options
Approach-focused care online with flexible session options
Client-centered therapy places the person’s priorities at the center of each session. The therapist listens carefully and shapes the work around what matters most to the individual, which helps when managing life changes, career decisions, and grief.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices and grounding skills. These tools can reduce reactivity and support coping with anxiety, stress, and trauma-related symptoms. Somatic therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and movement to help release tension and reduce overwhelm after trauma.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Lisa will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that match what the person wants to accomplish. Adjustments are made over time so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be helpful for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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A practical next step
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