- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Person-centered approaches
- Trauma-informed care
About Lisa
Lisa Travis-Johnson is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) licensed in Missouri with nine years of clinical experience. She works with people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, and issues around self-esteem and relationships. She also addresses concerns such as grief, stress, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and intimacy-related or trust issues including infidelity and commitment worries.
Her background includes work in corrections, which informs how she approaches safety, boundaries, and accountability in sessions. She uses straightforward, evidence-based approaches to help clients understand patterns of thought and behavior. Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding where difficult feelings come from.
Clients can expect an interactive style that encourages curiosity about thoughts, feelings, and choices. Sessions explore attachment and abandonment themes, body image and codependency, and the overlap of mood and substance concerns. Guilt and shame are named areas she addresses directly when they come up.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and person-centered ideas alongside trauma-informed methods to help people notice unhelpful thinking and practice different ways of responding. Work can include communication skills, managing anger, and coping with life changes.
Her practice aims to be direct and respectful. She invites people to bring questions and to try things in session that feel useful, then decide what fits. The focus is on clearer thinking, steadier moods, and more manageable day-to-day coping.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Lisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and guilt. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to see what changes in feeling and function.She also draws on person-centered principles, which emphasize listening and responding to what the client brings. This approach supports clearer self-understanding and helps people name values and choices that matter to them.
Trauma-focused methods are used when past events continue to shape current reactions. These approaches focus on grounding, pacing, and skills for tolerating strong emotions while reducing reactivity over time.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels useful, and then try practical techniques to see what fits. That process is collaborative and adjusts as needs change.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow quicker check-ins when problems spike, and reduce travel time. Different formats also help when bandwidth or camera use is a concern, since shorter audio check-ins or a single focused session can be arranged depending on what the therapist offers.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and related issues such as guilt and shame, grief, and relationship problems.
How does she approach guilt and shame in sessions?
She addresses guilt and shame by helping people identify thoughts and beliefs that fuel those feelings and by practicing new ways of responding in everyday situations.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience, including work in the field of corrections that shapes her approach to boundaries and accountability.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in Missouri.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.