About Lisa
Lisa Tolliver uses a person-focused approach that centers feelings and life meaning to help people cope and move forward. She blends emotionally-focused, existential, narrative, and psychodynamic ideas to meet the needs of each person. Lisa has 25 years of clinical experience and holds the LPCC credential from Kentucky.
She offers compassionate care for people facing common and complex struggles. Many people come with stress, anxiety, or depression. Others are dealing with grief, career questions, or struggles with intimacy.
Background and approach
Lisa also works with those experiencing compassion fatigue, ADHD, and process addictions such as gambling or problematic porn or exercise. She supports people navigating identity questions related to LGBT concerns. Lisa has a long history of working with neurodivergent adults, including those with autism or Asperger syndrome and people wondering whether they fit on the spectrum.
She also has experience with family of origin issues and avoidant personality patterns that affect relationships and sense of self. Her background includes work with first responder and military populations, so she understands the stresses that come with those roles. Lisa has also supported people living with chronic or invisible illness who must manage symptoms while appearing fine to others.
She brings steady, nonjudgmental attention to those experiences. In sessions she listens for patterns in stories and emotions, then helps people try different ways of relating to themselves and others. Practical options and personal meaning are both explored.
She helps people set manageable goals and adjust strategies as life changes.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on identifying and working through strong emotions in the moment. It helps people understand attachment needs and repair patterns that cause distance in relationships. Narrative Therapy invites people to examine the stories they tell about themselves and rewrite them in ways that open new possibilities. It can be useful for identity concerns, life transitions, and finding purpose.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That decision can change over time as progress is made or priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets people use visual cues during emotionally focused work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins and ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and across time zones.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English