About Lisa
Lisa Calloway is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship struggles. She focuses on practical steps that reduce daily pressure and on ways clients can feel steadier in their lives. She builds a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can share hard thoughts and feelings.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused. Lisa listens closely, then helps shape small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Her background includes many years working with people coping with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, workplace strain, and issues tied to caregiving and isolation. She also supports those facing life transitions like divorce, midlife shifts, and questions about purpose. Lisa uses client-centered methods that prioritize each person’s goals and pace.
She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and to practice more effective ways of responding to stress and anxiety. Sessions tend to be collaborative and action-oriented, with tools you can try between meetings. The focus is on what helps you feel safer, more capable, and clearer about next steps.
She practices in Illinois and holds an IL LCSW. Conversations are offered in English and are available through a variety of online formats to fit different schedules.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s goals and pace. It centers the client’s experiences, uses active listening, and helps people feel heard while they decide what changes matter most. This approach can help with anxiety, grief, and finding direction when life feels uncertain.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and to try new behaviors. Many people use CBT techniques for panic attacks, social anxiety, mood changes, and stress management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lisa will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That may mean blending client-centered care with CBT tools and adjusting over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for longer conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and messaging let people send updates and receive brief support between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into real life and regular routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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