About Lisa
Lisa Rivers is a Minnesota psychologist who brings 29 years of experience to her practice. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and life transitions. Lisa works in a direct, warm way to help people feel more steady and in control.
She uses clear, practical methods so people can try new ways of coping between sessions. That includes helping clients rebuild self-esteem, improve communication, and manage anger. Her approach is collaborative - she listens first and then suggests steps that fit a person’s life.
Background and approach
Lisa has worked with a wide range of concerns over her career. Those include grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses attachment and abandonment issues, body image, codependency, and the aftermath of separation or domestic violence.
Her work draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She adapts these tools to individual needs and practical goals rather than following a single script. People come to Lisa when they need steady guidance through difficult changes, recurring anxiety, or mood challenges.
She aims to help clients find manageable steps, clearer thinking, and stronger relationships. Lisa holds the credential MN Psychologist LP 3666 and practices in Minnesota.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Lisa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calmness.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening and tailoring support to each person's needs. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and try methods that fit their situation and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy days or to keep a running conversation between sessions. These options help people access consistent care from wherever they are located in Minnesota and work well for addressing anxiety, stress, relationship concerns, and life transitions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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