About Lisa
Lisa Ford is a licensed social worker with 15 years of clinical experience. She practices in Maryland and brings steady, practical support to people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, career challenges, and depression. She presents therapy as a collaboration and treats each person as the expert on their own life.
She believes change starts with small steps. Sessions focus on clear goals and concrete strategies that fit daily life. Lisa encourages clients to notice strengths and build on them while working through setbacks and doubts.
Background and approach
Her approach combines client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she listens closely, reflects what matters to the client, and introduces simple cognitive-behavioral tools when they can help shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns. The work is practical and grounded in real situations people face.
Lisa has supported people dealing with panic and social anxiety, post-traumatic stress, workplace strain, and life transitions such as pregnancy and midlife shifts. She also addresses issues like guilt, isolation, control struggles, and caregiver stress. Her style is straightforward and empathetic, aiming to build skills that carry into everyday moments.
Conversations can include short-term problem solving or longer-term work depending on what someone needs. Lisa helps people set achievable steps, track progress, and adjust plans as life changes. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist reflects what matters to the client, helps clarify values and goals, and supports people as they decide what changes to try. This approach is useful for stress, relationship concerns, and navigating life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It teaches simple tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts and to test new behaviors. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, panic, mood symptoms, and workplace stress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to find what fits best based on needs, goals, and personal preferences. That conversation may change over time as progress is made and new issues arise.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video suits deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging allow short check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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