About Lisa
Lisa Fix is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with 33 years of experience. She began in the helping field because of her background and has personal experience with therapy herself. Lisa aims to make the first steps feel manageable for people who are worried or unsure.
Her work spans community mental health, hospital-based eating disorder treatment, and university counseling settings. She uses a mix of approaches and tailors sessions to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Clients can expect a personal and relaxed style along with direct feedback when it will help. Lisa focuses on stress and anxiety among many other concerns. She also helps people with grief, depression, eating and body-image issues, addictions, trauma and abuse, mood symptoms, and relationship or intimacy-related problems.
Additional areas she supports include panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, postpartum depression, and difficulties with anger or self-esteem. In sessions she draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior therapy skills, mindfulness strategies, and motivational interviewing. She invites questions so people can understand the process and feel comfortable with the plan they choose.
Outside of work she enjoys exercise, gardening, coffee, chocolate, being with companion animals, funny videos, and following social justice topics. She encourages people to treat therapy like an interview - a chance to see if the fit feels right before moving forward.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. The therapist creates space for people to tell their story and helps them find their own solutions, which can be useful for stress, grief, and relationship concerns.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It includes practical exercises and small experiments to reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, or mood difficulties.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. These skills help with intense anger, emotion regulation, and relationship patterns.
Choosing the best approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs, then suggest techniques to try. Plans are adjusted together as progress and needs change.
Online sessions can be done by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes counseling more flexible. Video is good for a face-to-face feel, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, chat or text can fit brief check-ins or a short break during a busy day. These options help people fit sessions into work, family, or travel schedules while staying consistent with treatment.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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