About Lissa
Lissa Elliott St.Clair is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people feel steadier and more capable. She uses a warm, empathetic style and practical strategies to address stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem concerns. She listens first and then helps clients find steps that fit their life.
She encourages people to notice unhelpful thinking and try new habits that reduce overwhelm. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented without being rushed.
Background and approach
Her work covers a range of challenges including coping with life changes, grief, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and mood disorders. She also supports people dealing with panic attacks, bipolar mood shifts, and seasonal changes in mood. Parenting strain, anger, career questions, and relationship communication are part of her practice as well.
Lissa draws on Client-Centered Therapy, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques. Those approaches shape practical exercises, emotion regulation skills, and steps for solving specific problems. She adapts methods to match each person's pace and needs.
She has nine years of clinical experience and practices in Pennsylvania as an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor. Sessions are offered in English and include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Many people come to her wanting clearer thinking, less reactivity, and a more manageable day-to-day life.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on attentive listening and creating a space where people can speak without judgment, which helps when someone needs to make sense of strong feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down thinking patterns and teaches concrete coping steps to reduce anxiety, panic, and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that are useful when feelings feel intense or overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and daily routines, then suggest methods that fit those needs. That plan can change over time as progress is tracked and priorities shift, keeping the work practical and tailored.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text allow brief check-ins, focused problem-solving, or follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while still using CBT, DBT, and client-centered methods effectively.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English