Dr. Lisa Cooney

Dr. Lisa Cooney offers care for people who are struggling with anger and related concerns. She makes a point of listening first and helping each person feel understood. Her approach is straightforward and respectful, so clients can speak honestly about what is hard for them.

Dr. Cooney is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 25 years of experience. She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, trauma, and anger. She also supports those wrestling with body image, relationship issues, and questions about identity and sexuality.

In sessions she focuses on practical steps and clearer understanding. Conversations look at how past experiences shape current reactions. She uses dialogue to identify patterns and to try small, doable changes between meetings.

Her toolbox includes client-centered work that follows the person’s pace, existential questions about meaning and choice, and psychodynamic ideas that trace feelings back to earlier experiences. She also offers EMDR for trauma-related memories and hypnotherapy as an option for focused change.

Dr. Cooney practices in Texas and works with people from a wide range of backgrounds. She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. Before starting, she asks about goals and daily routines so therapy fits each person’s life.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s lead. It helps people who need steady support and someone who will reflect their own priorities back to them. Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice, and responsibility when life feels confusing or stuck; it can help with life transitions and questions of purpose.

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a method used to address troubling memories that keep affecting current behavior. In practice it involves recalling a distressing memory while guided through a set of bilateral stimulation to reduce emotional intensity. People use it for trauma, strong anxiety, and memories that fuel reactions like anger.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, history, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to use client-centered conversation, existential framing, EMDR, hypnotherapy, or psychodynamic exploration as steps toward those goals.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around daily life, reducing travel time, and making it easier to keep regular appointments. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm which options are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it simpler to attend when schedules are tight or when follow-up meetings are needed after an intense session.