- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness skills
- DBT strategies
About Lissa
Lissa Elliott St.Clair is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in Pennsylvania with nine years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Her listed focus also includes trauma, grief, compassion fatigue, parenting concerns, mood disorders, and bipolar-related issues.
Lissa uses practical, conversational methods in sessions. She draws from client-centered therapy to listen without judgment and from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify patterns of thinking that keep people stuck. Mindfulness techniques and dialectical behavior strategies are used to build emotion regulation and grounding skills for strong reactions and panic.
Her approach centers on working together to find clearer choices. She helps people break down overwhelming problems into small, actionable steps. That can mean skill-building for managing anxiety, communication tools for tense relationships, or planning around career and life purpose decisions.
Sessions also address feelings that follow loss or betrayal. She names post-traumatic stress, grief, and codependency as common themes she helps people process. Work can include coping strategies for compassion fatigue and dealing with anger or shame.
Clients can expect direct conversation about goals and straightforward tools to try between appointments. Lissa frames therapy as a place to practice new habits and to test different ways of thinking. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site's online options.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what someone says. Online sessions let a therapist pay close attention to how you describe problems and help you feel heard while you set the pace for change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In an online appointment this often means identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing alternative responses between sessions to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. That can include short behavioral experiments, breathing and grounding practices, and communication rehearsal that you can try during the week.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to decide whether CBT, DBT, client-centered techniques, or a mix best fits the person’s goals and daily life. Plans are adjusted as needs and preferences become clearer.
Session formats were not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into work or study schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time. These practical benefits help therapy slot into a busy early-adult life without promising specific formats.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she focus on for young adults?
She works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, life changes, career questions, and related concerns like isolation or feeling behind.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses client-centered listening along with practical tools from CBT, DBT, and mindfulness to help people manage emotions and rethink unhelpful thoughts.
How long has she been practicing?
She has nine years of experience as a counselor working with adults on mood, trauma, grief, and life transition issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LPC licensed in Pennsylvania and provides services from that state.
Can I have sessions in another language or from another country?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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