About Lisa
Lisa Kelbaugh is a licensed clinical mental health counselor practicing in North Carolina. She brings 14 years of experience supporting people who struggle with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. Lisa works in a calm, straightforward way so parents can explain what is happening and feel heard.
Her sessions focus on building trust and understanding. She creates space for people to talk about motivation, self esteem, confidence, grief, anger, sleep problems, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Conversations are practical and aim to identify small changes that make daily life easier. Lisa uses several therapy approaches to match each person's needs. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current reactions.
She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to notice unhelpful thinking and practice different responses. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help manage stress and ground attention in the moment. People can expect a friendly, nonjudgmental tone and a plan that fits their goals.
Lisa pays attention to communication patterns, caregiver stress, and problems that arise from chronic illness or major life change. She often guides short-term skill-building alongside deeper conversations about family of origin and forgiveness. Starting work together begins with a simple matching process and scheduling.
Sessions are available through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Lisa supports people who want practical ways to feel steadier day to day.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Lisa often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to address daily struggles. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and helping people set their own goals, which can be useful for building confidence and clarifying values. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape reactions today. That approach helps when relationship issues, family of origin concerns, or caregiver stress are affecting current behavior. Together the therapist and client decide which approaches fit best, and the plan is adjusted as goals evolve in therapy.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to make sessions fit busy schedules. Video is good for a full session with face-to-face interaction, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone check in quickly during a break, and text messaging supports short updates or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options help people access skilled therapists from different locations and around other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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