About Lisa
Lisa Young is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. She offers straightforward, compassionate support and practical tools for day-to-day challenges. Lisa often works with people dealing with ADHD, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Her approach mixes trauma-informed cognitive behavioral therapy with coaching, education, and other trauma-focused methods. She prefers clear, down-to-earth conversation and collaborative problem solving.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to focus on small, manageable steps you can take between meetings to feel steadier and more in control. Lisa draws on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when past events are causing current distress.
She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change and Internal Family Systems ideas to look at different parts of a person’s inner life. These tools are chosen to match the problem at hand, not as a one-size-fits-all plan.
On a personal level, Lisa is a liberal, feminist woman who lives in Pennsylvania with her wife and two young children. She was diagnosed with ADHD later in life and brings that personal perspective into her work with clients who face similar struggles. Outside of therapy she keeps a small farm and pursues creative projects, which she says keep her grounded.
People who work with Lisa can expect a relatable, nonjudgmental clinician who helps set realistic goals and offers accountability. She aims to help life feel more manageable and meaningful, one step at a time.
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Lisa draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns; this approach often involves simple exercises and practice between sessions to reduce anxiety and lift mood. She also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for clients whose past events continue to cause strong reactions, working carefully to lessen the emotional charge of those memories. Motivational interviewing is another tool she uses to clarify a person’s goals and strengthen their own motivation to make changes.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Lisa will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She adapts methods as needs change so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy with Lisa is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls suit deeper conversations and exercises that benefit from seeing each other. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or staying accountable between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep progress moving forward.
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- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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