About Lisa
Lisa Connelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, anger, self-esteem problems, career transitions, bipolar mood challenges, and ADHD. Her style is direct and empathetic, focused on practical steps people can use between sessions.
She trained in counseling after earning a BA in Psychology and an MA in Professional Counseling with a specialization in Marriage, Family, and Addiction.
Background and approach
Her work has spanned group homes, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, chemical dependency detox and residential treatment, outpatient clinics, and independent practice. That varied background shaped a flexible approach to different life circumstances. In sessions she blends evidence-based methods with a client-centered sensibility.
You can expect clear techniques from cognitive behavioral work alongside acceptance and mindfulness strategies. She also uses skills drawn from dialectical and attachment-informed approaches to help manage intense emotions and relationship patterns. Lisa focuses on creating a steady, respectful space where clients set goals and pick practical steps.
She helps people identify small, doable changes to reduce overwhelm and improve daily routines. The emphasis is on what actually changes day to day, not on jargon. Parents and adults often come for help with focus, organization, and coping when ADHD symptoms or stress make daily life harder.
She will work with each person to build routines, communication skills, and emotion-management tools that fit their life and responsibilities.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It emphasizes values-based action so clients can choose steps that matter even when emotions are hard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and routine problems like sleep or eating. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to relationship patterns and how early connections shape current reactions; it can be helpful when people struggle with trust, abandonment worries, or repeating the same conflicts.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they will try different techniques and adjust the plan based on how well the strategies fit the client's life and needs.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, and people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, school, caregiving, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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