I am a dedicated licensed clinical social worker in Oregon state and a licensed independent clinical social worker in Washington state with over 24 years of demonstrated success working in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Leadership and management experiences I have over 12 years of experience. My work history includes government agency, drug and alcohol facility, incarceration facility, psychiatric hospital, skilled nursing facilities, medical hospital, military behavioral health, owner of a private practice, and intensive outpatient and residential co-occurring secure program. My knowledge and abilities are working with infants, children, adolescents, adults, elderly, couples, and families. The areas in which I specialize are poverty, employment, alcohol and substance abuse, incarceration, legal issues, crisis intervention, psychiatric care, medical, military, and behavioral health issues. The strengths I possess are exceptional clinical psychotherapy and crisis counseling with extensive experience and a broad knowledge base. Also, my abilities include providing screenings, diagnosing, psychosocial assessments, treatment care plans, case management, consultations, referrals, discharge planning, and psychoeducation.
Establishing and maintaining trusting relationships by positively relating to clients of diverse backgrounds is extremely important to me. I am non-judgmental, genuine, ethical, as well as empathetic and able to provide the tools and information to positively change the distressing factors in the lives of clients.
Therapies and techniques I am trained in are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Solution-focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Buddhist Psychology.
Additional areas of focus: Abandonment, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant Personality, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent Personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Emptiness, Expats, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Fertility Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Immigration Issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sex Addiction, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexual Dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
WA LICSW LW60254612
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Things are going in a positive direction, I feel Lisa takes time to understand my issues. Highly recommend
Written on Apr 28, 2024 after therapy with Lisa for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and self esteem
Great to work with!
Written on Apr 25, 2024 after therapy with Lisa for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, and trauma and abuse
she has been an amazing help
Written on Apr 23, 2024 after therapy with Lisa for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, and coping with life changes
Lisa is a very sweet and calm therapist which allows me to feel comfortable when opening up about extremely personal things. I truly appreciate her and the gift she was given.
Written on Apr 14, 2024 after therapy with Lisa for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes
Lisa is a reliable, honest, intelligent, understanding and easy to open up to.
Written on Apr 01, 2024 after therapy with Lisa for 9 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Has helpful ideas and doesn’t present too many at one time. I feel she’s very upfront with me, which is what I asked for. Smart and kind with a background as a medical social worker, which is helpful in my case. Gives me the space to talk about the extremely painful stuff that I can’t talk to anyone else about. And then starts helping me formulate possible solutions.
Written on Mar 26, 2024 after therapy with Lisa for 2 weeks on issues concerning grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes