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Alisa Branch, LCMHC, LPC

Compassionate counselor focused on practical skills

14 years in practice · based in North Carolina · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Alisa

Alisa Branch is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor with 14 years of experience. She offers a warm, interactive style and focuses on practical tools to help people manage stress and anxiety. She aims to give clear feedback, small tasks between sessions, and coping strategies people can use day to day.

Alisa draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy.

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Background and approach

Sessions often include tracking thoughts and behaviors, practicing grounding and breathing, and trying small experiments to change unhelpful patterns. She uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods to help people find workable next steps. Her background includes work in outpatient mental health, independent practice, community mental health agencies, and a community medical center.

Earlier roles included inpatient psychiatric care and mobile crisis work, which added experience with urgent and complex needs. That mix shaped a practical, steady approach to care. People come to Alisa for a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, family stress, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, and ADHD.

She also addresses issues like abandonment, blended family problems, codependency, infidelity, and isolation or loneliness. In sessions she focuses on clear, achievable goals. Expect a collaborative process where the therapist suggests skills, assigns short between-session tasks, and checks progress.

Alisa works in English and practices in North Carolina as an LCMHC and holds a Virginia LPC credential.

How evidence-based methods translate to online care

Alisa commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness approaches when working online. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and homework. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices to reduce reactivity and calm a racing mind.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills are taught step by step and practiced during sessions so people can use them when stress rises. Choosing which approach to use is collaborative; the therapist and client review goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before to decide the best path forward.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for longer discussions and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or tracking steps between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow people to fit therapy into busy lives.
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Questions people ask

What concerns does Alisa commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, and related concerns like abandonment, codependency, and isolation.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions focus on feedback, practical tools, and short tasks to try between visits.
What sort of clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience across outpatient mental health, independent practice, community mental health agencies, and a community medical center, plus prior inpatient psychiatric and mobile crisis work.
Which credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds LCMHC in North Carolina and LPC in Virginia and practices from North Carolina.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
She sees people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
14 years
Licensed
North Carolina, Virginia
Languages
English

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