About Lia
Lia Bigelow is a licensed mental health counselor who blends client-centered care with practical strategies. She draws on 15 years of experience to help people manage addictions, navigate LGBT-related concerns, reduce anger, and cope with life changes. She also offers coaching for career and life transitions in a supportive setting.
Her work begins by listening closely to what matters most to each person. Lia tailors conversations and plans to match individual needs instead of using one-size-fits-all solutions.
Background and approach
She uses clear tools and steps so goals feel achievable and progress is visible. For substance use and addiction concerns she pairs motivational techniques with behavioral strategies to build momentum toward healthier choices. When clients face anger or impulsivity she focuses on skills to notice triggers and respond differently in the moment.
She supports people dealing with identity questions, body image, or family of origin issues by creating space to process shame, guilt, and loss. Lia also addresses caregiver stress, financial strain, and feelings of isolation with practical coping plans and problem-solving work. Clients can expect a blend of short-term skill building and deeper reflection based on what they need.
Lia works from Florida and holds the licenses LMHC and LPC. She conducts sessions in English and offers several remote formats to fit busy schedules.
Therapeutic approaches used in online care
Client-centered work focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building a treatment plan around their goals. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through identity, shame, or life transitions and wants a therapist who follows their lead.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for addiction-related patterns, anger, and coping with stress by breaking problems into manageable steps.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds concrete skills for managing intense emotions and impulsivity. It can be helpful for people who want tools to tolerate distress, improve emotion regulation, and strengthen interpersonal effectiveness.
Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. Lia will talk about goals and preferences in early sessions and adjust methods as needed so the work matches what the person wants to accomplish.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet: video calls for fuller conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or movement is limited, live chat for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging for short updates or homework. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, and travel while still using structured methods like CBT and DBT to make steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English