- Years in practice
- 19
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Arkansas, North Dakota, Nevada, Massachusetts, Idaho
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Lisa
Lisa Kennedy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 19 years of experience helping people navigate parenting stresses and other life changes. She offers straightforward, practical support for parents feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck. Lisa aims to make sessions feel calm and focused so clients can find clearer ways forward.
She centers conversations on what matters most to each person. Lisa draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centered listening and mindfulness practices to slow things down and reduce stress in daily life. Her background includes work across hospice, inpatient psychiatry, geropsych, and domestic violence programs. That variety informs a flexible approach when addressing grief, mood concerns, trauma, and caregiver strain.
Lisa brings nearly two decades of practical experience to each session. Many clients appreciate her direct, action-oriented style combined with an attentive, nonjudgmental manner. She often blends short-term strategies with deeper exploration of patterns that keep problems returning.
This mix supports changes in thinking, feeling, and behavior over time. Sessions typically focus on clear goals parents set together with Lisa. She helps people break big problems into manageable steps, practice new responses, and track progress.
The emphasis is on usable tools parents can apply between meetings.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online parenting support
Lisa often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online work. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviors and helps people test new habits and reactions; it is useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's goals and feelings so the client feels heard and can decide what change looks like.She also brings mindfulness into sessions to help people notice stress and calm their reactions. Mindfulness can be practiced in brief exercises between meetings to reduce reactivity and increase focus when parenting feels chaotic. Together, these approaches give both short-term tools and deeper perspective shifts.
Finding the right mix of methods happens collaboratively. The therapist will ask about your goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist check progress and change course if something does not feel useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for full conversations and guided exercises. Phone sessions suit quick check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter updates or when typing fits the schedule better. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting life and to keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, parenting strain, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, depression, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is action-oriented and person-centered. She combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and solution-focused work to create practical steps clients can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 19 years of clinical experience working in hospice, inpatient psychiatry, geropsych, and domestic violence programs, and currently practices full time in independent practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Arkansas and Idaho. Her practice is based in Arkansas.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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