About Lisa
Lisa Kuzman is a licensed independent social worker with 17 years of experience. She practices in Iowa and brings a steady, compassionate presence to conversations about stress, anxiety, grief, and big life changes. She focuses on helping people cope after loss, manage career stress, and find clearer direction during life transitions.
She also supports those dealing with trauma, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to identity and self-esteem. Her work includes coaching for professionals who want to make practical changes in their careers.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on listening first and tailoring the plan to each person's needs. Lisa uses client-centered methods and trauma-informed thinking to shape conversations and goals. She draws on mindfulness and somatic techniques to help people notice how emotions show up in the body and find simple ways to respond.
Sessions are aimed at practical steps people can use between meetings. She often brings solution-focused strategies and motivational interviewing into the work to help people set goals and stay moving forward. The focus is on short, usable skills and gradual change rather than quick fixes.
Lisa aims to make the process feel respectful and collaborative. She emphasizes sensitivity and clear communication while helping people build coping tools for anxiety, grief, career strain, and life transitions.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person as an individual. The therapist follows your lead, reflects what she hears, and helps you decide the next steps so sessions feel relevant to your goals.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and manage anxiety. These exercises help people notice thoughts and sensations and practice calmer responses during stressful moments.
Somatic work connects feelings and body sensations to support coping after trauma. Gentle body-based awareness can help people notice tension patterns and learn ways to calm or shift physical responses tied to stress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with you to pick techniques that fit your needs, goals, and preferences. Expect an initial conversation about what matters most and periodic check-ins to adjust the plan.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversations and guided exercises, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports brief check-ins or coaching-style exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while maintaining continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English
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