About Lisa
Lisa Belshaw, LCSW, offers practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety. She writes plainly and listens carefully. She helps clients who are facing depression, low self-esteem, addiction concerns, and relationship strain.
Her goal is to make difficult problems feel more manageable so people can move forward. With 13 years of experience, she uses straightforward talk and tools that fit each person. Sessions focus on what matters most right now and include steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Lisa uses client-centered methods to follow the client’s priorities and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to look at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also draws on mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity and simple narrative approaches to help people reframe their stories. Clients can expect calm, direct conversation that names problems and looks for small changes.
Treatment plans are shaped around stress, anxiety, addictions, self-love, and communication problems. Lisa supports work on isolation and building better ways to relate to others. Therapy typically includes goal setting, skill-building, and checking progress each week.
She offers practical suggestions for day-to-day challenges and helps clients notice what’s working. Sessions are offered in English and take place online with a variety of formats. Lisa practices in New Jersey and her work blends compassion with clear, actionable steps.
How Lisa’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy begins with the client’s priorities and values. The therapist listens closely and helps shape goals that fit the person’s life. This approach is useful when someone wants their own goals to guide the work rather than following a preset plan.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions include identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing new behaviors that reduce anxiety or depression. These skills are useful for stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem.
Mindfulness therapy trains simple attention skills and grounding practices. In short exercises clients learn ways to notice stress responses and reduce reactivity in everyday moments. These techniques pair well with CBT work and can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and adjust methods based on each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Decisions are collaborative and change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow full conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing or need brief, on-the-go support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life while still using the approaches described above.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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