About Lisa
Lisa Tidwell is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Texas with four years of professional experience. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress or who struggle with anxiety. She also supports those dealing with trauma, self-esteem challenges, and major life changes.
Lisa pays attention to sexual orientation and identity concerns and offers an accepting approach for LGBTQ issues. She also works with topics around body image, sexuality, and alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink.
Background and approach
Panic attacks, social anxiety, and young adult transitions are among the specific concerns she addresses. In sessions Lisa aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they think and feel. She favors clear, practical conversation that focuses on what clients want to change.
Sessions are collaborative - she listens first, then helps people make small, usable steps toward their goals. Her practice also covers relationship structures like polyamory and non-monogamy, as well as the emotional work that comes after divorce or separation. She assists people coping with guilt, shame, forgiveness, and impulsivity in ways that acknowledge real-life pressures.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and Lisa acknowledges that courage. She encourages people to try a brief intake and see if her style fits their needs. If it does, she works with them to set manageable goals and track progress over time.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Lisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and symptom relief. One common method is present-focused skill building, which teaches breathing, grounding, and behavior changes to reduce anxiety and manage panic attacks. These skills are useful for people who need tools they can use in the moment.She also works with trauma-informed strategies that help people process difficult experiences at a pace they can handle. This involves pacing, stabilizing exercises, and gradual discussion of painful memories so clients feel more able to cope with strong emotions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Lisa listens to your goals, discusses different options, and adjusts methods based on what feels helpful. Together you decide which techniques to try and how to measure progress over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexible ways to fit therapy into work, school, or busy days.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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