- Calm and practical
- Trauma-informed care
- English and Italian
About Lisa
Lisa Whittingham is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 15 years of experience helping people through big life changes and emotional hardships. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through what matters most to them and learn skills that fit their daily lives. Lisa works with concerns like stress, anxiety, grief, and challenges around relationships and identity.
Her background includes long-term work supporting people who have experienced trauma and abuse, and she uses approaches that help process difficult memories and reduce overwhelming symptoms. She also helps with codependency, attachment struggles, and problems that affect sleep, eating, and self-esteem. Practical tools are balanced with emotional support in sessions.
Lisa draws on several therapy methods to tailor care to each person. She uses strategies from cognitive behavioral approaches to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Mindfulness and trauma-focused techniques are mixed in to help calm the body and process painful experiences.
Sessions focus on clear goals and step-by-step skill building. Lisa pays attention to communication patterns and helps people set boundaries, manage anger, and rebuild trust in themselves. She also offers coaching-style guidance for career and life transitions.
She provides services in English and Italian and is open to working with people beyond the United States. Before scheduling, readers should confirm current session options and the exact formats available.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress and gives clear tools to try between sessions.EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, helps people process distressing memories so those memories cause less intense emotional reactions. It is commonly used after trauma and can reduce the power of painful recollections.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, symptoms, and preferences to decide which methods fit best. That decision is collaborative and may shift as progress is made.
Because session formats are not specified here, confirm current options before booking so you know how sessions will be delivered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also make it possible to keep continuity of care when life or work requires more flexible timing. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and EMDR techniques for remote sessions to focus on skills, processing, and step-by-step progress.
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Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Illinois
Languages
English, Italian
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, codependency, and related issues like sleep, eating, and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She combines practical skill building with emotional support and clear goal-setting.
What is her clinical background?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with people navigating trauma, life transitions, and complex emotional concerns.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LCPC licensed in Illinois and practices from that state.
In which languages can someone work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian.
Can people outside the United States connect with her?
International clients are accepted; interested people should confirm any regional or licensing considerations before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.