- Mind-body aware
- Skills focused
- Encouraging style
About Lisa
Lisa Warden is a licensed social worker with 16 years of clinical experience. She combines a warm, flexible approach with clear skills work to help people move past stuck patterns. She often brings gentle humor and an awareness of the mind-body connection into sessions.
Lisa began her professional path working as a massage therapist before finishing college, which shaped how she pays attention to bodily cues and physical healing alongside talk therapy. Over time she has focused on helping people recovering from trauma, addiction, and personality-related struggles. Those concerns can leave someone feeling trapped in survival mode, and she aims to guide them toward more ease and possibility.
Her style leans toward meeting each person where they are. She offers encouragement, skill-building, and practical strategies rather than abstract theory. Sessions emphasize learning tools people can use between meetings to manage stress, cravings, intense feelings, or relationship challenges.
Lisa uses approaches like Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Existential Therapy, and EMDR when appropriate. She helps clients apply these methods to common problems such as anxiety, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues.
People who prefer a direct but kind clinician tend to do well with her. She prioritizes safety, steady progress, and helping clients regain a sense of choice. Lisa welcomes conversations about goals and the best next steps for moving forward.
Lisa began her professional path working as a massage therapist before finishing college, which shaped how she pays attention to bodily cues and physical healing alongside talk therapy. Over time she has focused on helping people recovering from trauma, addiction, and personality-related struggles. Those concerns can leave someone feeling trapped in survival mode, and she aims to guide them toward more ease and possibility.
Her style leans toward meeting each person where they are. She offers encouragement, skill-building, and practical strategies rather than abstract theory. Sessions emphasize learning tools people can use between meetings to manage stress, cravings, intense feelings, or relationship challenges.
Lisa uses approaches like Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Existential Therapy, and EMDR when appropriate. She helps clients apply these methods to common problems such as anxiety, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues.
People who prefer a direct but kind clinician tend to do well with her. She prioritizes safety, steady progress, and helping clients regain a sense of choice. Lisa welcomes conversations about goals and the best next steps for moving forward.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and aligning therapy with each person's values and pace. It helps people who need a supportive space to make sense of their feelings and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It offers clear tools for reducing anxiety, changing unhelpful patterns, and managing cravings or mood shifts.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships. It can help when emotions feel overwhelming or when communication and boundaries need strengthening.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Lisa will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. That process often includes trying tools, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
For practical matters, confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins on a day with limited time, not needing to commute, or choosing a session that does not require video. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques like CBT or DBT skills practice and EMDR-informed work to an online setting in ways that match a client's needs and schedule.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaVisually impairedWorkplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
16+ years
Credentials
Michigan, Utah, Maine, North Dakota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Lisa address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, LGBT concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting, anger, self esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and flexible with an emphasis on practical skills. She often uses gentle humor and meets people where they are in order to build usable strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of experience working clinically, including long-term work helping people in recovery from trauma and addictions.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She holds the credentials MI LMSW and ND LCSW and is based in Michigan.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.