- Years in practice
- 26
- Credentials
- LPC-MH
- Licensed in
- South Dakota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Lisa
Lisa Adler is a licensed professional counselor in South Dakota with 26 years of experience. She focuses on practical, evidence-based help for common life stresses. Lisa listens without judgment and works with each person’s strengths.
She supports people navigating parenting concerns, anxiety, depression, grief, and other difficult life changes. Her approach is straightforward. Lisa uses methods grounded in research to set clear, achievable goals.
Sessions usually involve talking through current problems, testing new ways of coping, and building skills that fit daily life.
Background and approach
She emphasizes honest feedback and steady progress instead of quick fixes. Lisa has worked with many issues over a long career, including addictions, trauma, chronic stress, and self-esteem struggles. She also helps with eating and sleeping problems, work-related stress, and compassion fatigue.
Her practice includes attention to attachment issues such as abandonment and blended family challenges. People can expect a collaborative process. Lisa treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them use their strengths to move forward.
She aims to make therapy useful and doable even when life feels overwhelming. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Communications are checked regularly and Lisa asks for patience if replies take a little longer due to other responsibilities.
What Lisa works with
Everything Lisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lisa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-Based Approaches for Parenting and Life Stress Online
Lisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and problem solving. One common approach emphasizes learning new coping skills and behavior strategies to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and manage mood swings. These techniques break problems into small steps and practice new actions between sessions.Another core approach centers on processing grief, trauma, and relationship patterns by helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. This can help with intimacy-related issues, communication problems, and patterns that get in the way of parenting or daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their situation, and adjust strategies over time. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay focused on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing skill practice between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around parenting and work commitments.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What concerns does Lisa help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting and relationship challenges, plus issues like addictions, trauma, self-esteem, and sleep or eating problems.
What is her general therapy style?
Lisa takes a practical, collaborative style that focuses on goals and skill building. She uses evidence-based techniques and gives direct, honest feedback while working from clients' strengths.
How much experience does she have?
She has 26 years of professional experience working with a wide range of life challenges and clinical concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds the credential LPC-MH and practices from South Dakota.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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