Lisa Haughey is a licensed professional counselor with more than three decades of experience in mental health and substance dependency. She brings a warm, direct style to sessions and focuses on helping people build practical skills. Lisa emphasizes respect and compassion while avoiding stigmatizing labels. She welcomes conversations about spirituality and personal beliefs as part of the healing process.
She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to guide work on stress, anxiety, and self esteem. Sessions often include clear feedback and practical tools to manage mood, cravings, or overwhelming thoughts. The aim is to help people develop useful strategies they can use outside sessions.
Lisa has worked across addiction and mental health settings and has experience supporting people through career decisions, relationship challenges, parenting strain, and major life changes. Her background includes helping those reentering life after involvement with the criminal justice system, so she is familiar with issues around rebuilding routines and setting new goals.
Her style is interactive and straightforward when needed. She helps people identify next steps, practice new skills, and adjust plans when things feel stuck. Clients who value clear guidance and a compassionate, no-nonsense approach may find this style helpful.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability. Lisa sees clients in Georgia and is licensed as an LPC in Arizona and Georgia.
How Lisa’s approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed steps toward them. It can help with stress, anxiety, self esteem, and motivation by teaching practical actions that align with what matters to the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's experience and uses empathy and nonjudgmental listening to build insight and self-direction.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. Expect to try strategies, review what helps, and adjust the plan together over time.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make therapy fit a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or other commitments. Licensed professionals, including this therapist, use these approaches to help people build skills that transfer into everyday routines.
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAutism and Asperger SyndromeBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
