Lisa Connelly

Lisa Connelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, anger, and relationship strain. She helps people manage grief, depression, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, and major life changes. Her approach emphasizes practical steps people can use between sessions to feel steadier day to day.

With 15 years of experience, she has worked in many settings including group homes, inpatient psychiatric care, detox and residential addiction programs, outpatient clinics, and private practice. That background informs how she tailors care for different situations and life stages. Lisa draws on several therapy approaches to match what a person needs in the moment.

In sessions she focuses on building trust and clear goals. She listens, asks practical questions, and helps people try different strategies to change patterns that cause pain. She supports clients in improving communication, coping with loss, and handling intense emotions like anger and fear.

Lisa also has experience addressing attachment and abandonment concerns, body image and caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and issues that come up around separation or blended families. She works with people managing ADHD, bipolar symptoms, dissociation, and disruptive mood patterns.

Her style is straightforward and collaborative. Clients can expect down-to-earth guidance, skill building, and a focus on real-world changes that fit daily life.

How therapy approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, anger, and life changes where values and behavior feel out of sync.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current behavior. It can help people who struggle with abandonment worries, trust, or intense reactions in relationships.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and coping skills practice.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals and decide which methods to try first. That may mean combining elements from different approaches as needs change over time.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Talk with the therapist about what will work best for scheduling, session length, and how to practice new skills between meetings.