Lisa Draper

Lisa Draper greets people with a steady, direct approach and practical support. She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who draws on life experience as a military veteran, first responder, and parent to help people facing strong emotions and tough changes. Lisa focuses on issues such as stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, sleep problems, anger, and low self-esteem.

Lisa uses straightforward conversation to help people untangle what keeps them stuck. She often blends strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy with mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas. Sessions aim to identify small, doable steps that build momentum and reduce overwhelm.

Her background includes military service and years working in emergency services and corrections, followed by clinical work with adults affected by substance use concerns. That mix gives her a familiarity with trauma, grief, and complex stressors that can follow major life events.

In the room she treats therapy as a partnership. Clients can expect a therapist who listens, reflects, and offers practical tools rather than abstract theory. The goal is better day-to-day functioning, clearer choices, and fewer moments consumed by anger or anxiety.

Lisa welcomes people from diverse walks of life and can work with issues related to caregiving stress, chronic health challenges, communication problems, and moral injury among veterans and first responders. She also supports LGBT concerns and relationship-related struggles in individual sessions.

How therapeutic approaches translate online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking committed actions even when strong emotions are present. It helps people who feel stuck by shifting attention away from unhelpful struggles and toward meaningful steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger. Mindfulness Therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance of feelings, helping reduce reactivity and improve emotion regulation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s daily life and adjust approaches as needed based on progress and comfort.

The therapist's biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins between obligations, and let people practice skills in the context of their everyday routines. Licensed professionals often adapt exercises, breathing practices, and behavioral experiments for remote sessions so progress continues outside the office.