- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Lisa
Lisa Whittingham is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience working in Illinois. She focuses on helping people when life feels overwhelming, whether from stress, grief, anxiety, or changes at home and work. Lisa creates a calm, respectful space where clients can talk and figure out practical next steps.
Her style is straightforward and empathetic. She listens first, then helps clients identify patterns and try small changes that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skill-building for emotion regulation, clearer communication, and improving sleep or eating habits. Lisa uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person’s needs. She blends strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness with trauma-focused tools when past hurts keep resurfacing.
The work aims to reduce distress and strengthen coping skills, not to rush outcomes. Many people seek help for parenting stress, relationship strain, or burnout, and Lisa supports parents and individuals tackling those pressures. She also works with people facing chronic illness, caregiver strain, body image concerns, and career transitions.
Conversations may cover boundaries, attachment patterns, grief, or managing attention and focus. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented while honoring each client’s pace and values. Lisa speaks English and Italian and is comfortable working with people from different backgrounds.
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
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness 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.
How Lisa blends evidence-based approaches online
Lisa integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-focused methods to help people change unhelpful thoughts and respond differently to painful memories. CBT focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns and testing new ways of thinking, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating concerns. Trauma-focused work and EMDR-style approaches are used when past events continue to cause distress, helping reduce the emotional intensity of those memories.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Lisa will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try approaches that fit those needs, and adjust as progress is made. She aims to build skills and insight at a pace that feels manageable while honoring each client’s experience.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people read nonverbal cues and work face to face, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, parenting, and caregiving demands.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What kinds of concerns can Lisa help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm and direct. She listens closely, teaches practical skills, and helps clients try changes that fit their daily life.
What is her background and experience?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with adults on life transitions, trauma recovery, and emotional regulation.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LCPC credential and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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