About Lisa
Lisa Mendoza is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota. She spends her practice helping people who struggle with anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and substance use concerns. Her manner is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people take practical steps forward.
She focuses on everyday problems that build up over time - relationship patterns, family tensions, caregiver strain, and difficulties after major life changes. She helps people identify unhelpful patterns such as codependency, control issues, or attachment wounds and work toward clearer boundaries and healthier choices.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused. Lisa listens for what matters most to each person, then suggests simple skills and experiments to try between visits. She uses evidence-based techniques to reduce overwhelm, improve communication, and manage strong emotions.
Her practice also addresses more specific concerns like substance use, domestic violence history, and grief. Lisa brings 14 years of clinical experience to these issues, combining practical coping tools with attention to how past experiences shape current behavior. She offers services in English and Spanish.
People who choose to work with her can expect a steady, collaborative process that blends skill-building with attention to personal history and relationships.
Approaches that meet you where you are online
Lisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on what helps most in daily life. One approach emphasizes skills for managing strong emotions and anxiety, teaching breathing, grounding, and thought strategies to reduce overwhelm and regain calm. Another approach looks at relationship and attachment patterns to understand how past connections influence current behavior, helping people change interaction habits and build clearer boundaries.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try different methods, and adjust the plan over time based on what actually helps. This makes it easier to find practical tools that fit real life and personal preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing brief contact between sessions. These options make it possible to fit therapy into busy days, continue work while traveling, or use shorter touchpoints when a full session isn’t needed.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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