Lisa Haughey

Lisa Haughey is an LPC with more than three decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, and life transitions. She brings a direct yet warm manner to sessions and focuses on practical steps that clients can use right away.

She has worked across addiction treatment, mental health settings, and life coaching. That background means she is familiar with career challenges, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, and grief. Her experience also includes working with people affected by the criminal justice system and those rebuilding life after release.

In sessions she uses a collaborative style. She listens without judgment and names what she notices. She aims to teach tools and to help clients change patterns, while being honest and straightforward when needed.

Spirituality and belief systems are welcomed and often part of the conversation when clients bring them up. She also emphasizes respect and sensitivity and avoids stigmatizing labels during work together.

People who choose her can expect a focus on skill building and real-world strategies. The goal is to help clients manage emotions, reshape responses to stress and anger, and move toward the life they want. She recognizes that asking for help takes courage and offers steady support through that process.

How her approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without being driven by them and then commit to actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, anger, and life transitions by clarifying what matters and building willingness to act. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replacing them with practical strategies that reduce distress and improve daily functioning. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, addiction, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the client's experience, offering empathy and support while helping people find their own solutions and strengths.

Choosing the right approach is usually a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as work progresses.

For practical online work, confirm the session options before booking because formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, cut down on travel time, and allow brief check-ins when a full in-person visit would be difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and client-centered methods to work in virtual settings, focusing on skills practice, values-based planning, and problem-solving in ways that fit everyday life.