Lisa Godwin, LPC

Lisa Godwin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with 23 years of experience in the counseling field. She offers a warm, interactive style and aims to treat people with respect and compassion. Lisa avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on practical steps toward change.

Her background includes work in a variety of clinical settings. She has provided individual, couples, group, and family therapy and has supported people facing depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting struggles, addictions, and ADHD. She has helped many who experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse.

Lisa adapts her approach to each person's needs. She draws from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness therapy, and motivational interviewing. She also uses solution-focused ideas to build short-term goals and momentum.

She has specialized experience with Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), working with caregivers and their children ages 2 to 7 on behavioral and emotional concerns. Lisa tailors conversations and plans to fit what each caregiver and child actually need.

People who come to her often want straightforward help for issues like anger, self-esteem, stress, coping with life changes, intimacy concerns, infidelity, jealousy, and seasonal affective disorder. Lisa aims to support and empower clients as they take steps toward a more fulfilling life.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and experiences. The therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, helping them name priorities and make choices. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses practical exercises to change difficult patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and managing intense reactions. Those skills can help with anger, relationship strain, and overwhelming moods.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time so sessions stay useful and focused.

Confirm the specific session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing meetings during a work break or between activities. It can also let someone use shorter check-ins when that feels most helpful, or avoid video when bandwidth or on-screen time is a concern. Talk with the therapist about how to shape session length and frequency to match daily routines and therapeutic goals.