- Mindfulness therapy
- Solution-focused work
- Life purpose focus
About Lisa
Lisa Allen is an Illinois LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of practice. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship trouble, trauma, grief, and life changes. Lisa also supports concerns such as ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, and questions around life purpose and self-love.
She frames sessions in plain terms and focuses on practical steps. Lisa uses mindfulness and solution-focused ideas to help people notice patterns and try small changes. Conversations aim to clarify what feels stuck and what might shift next.
Clients can expect short, goal-oriented conversations alongside practices to slow the mind. Sessions include simple mindfulness exercises and brainstorming concrete next steps for career, relationships, or daily routines. Work on forgiveness or self-esteem may include specific actions to try between meetings.
Lisa brings a direct but patient style. She listens for repeated themes and suggests experiments to test new ways of behaving. Progress is measured in real-world changes like improved sleep, fewer angry reactions, or clearer priorities around work and relationships.
Her practice attends to emotional safety while keeping a focus on what the client wants to change. People who feel stuck after a breakup, job change, health event, or parenting stress often come for short-term focused work and support exploring longer term direction.
How Lisa uses mindfulness and solution-focused work online
Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice thoughts, body sensations, and emotional triggers. It often uses short exercises to slow reactivity and improve sleep or stress management. This approach can help with anxiety, grief, and the tiredness that comes from compassion fatigue.Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes finding small, practical steps that lead toward a goal. Sessions usually center on what is already working and on building brief experiments to try between meetings. This method can be useful for career questions, relationship changes, and feeling stuck about life purpose.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. Plans are adjusted based on what proves helpful in everyday life rather than on fixed expectations.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work or caregiving, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when a shorter touchpoint is needed. Licensed professionals can adapt mindfulness exercises and solution-focused tasks to a remote format so clients can practice between sessions.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and grief, along with concerns like ADHD, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, and questions about life purpose and self-love.
How would she describe her approach to feeling stuck?
Her style blends mindfulness practices with solution-focused techniques to notice unhelpful patterns and test small, practical changes between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of emotional and practical concerns.
What are her professional credentials and location?
She is an Illinois LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and practices in Illinois.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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