- Client-centered care
- Practical skills
- Goal focused
About Lissa
Lissa Elliott St.Clair is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who practices from a client-centered perspective. She focuses on listening closely and creating a calm space where people can slow down and feel heard. Her approach is empathetic and nonjudgmental, aimed at helping people feel more in control of their lives.
With nine years of experience, she helps people work through anxiety, stress, mood disorders, and depression. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and bipolar concerns. Parenting stress, anger, career questions, and life transitions are part of her regular work as well.
Lissa uses a blend of practical methods in sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation. Mindfulness practices and solution-focused steps are used to move toward clear goals.
Her style is straightforward and warm. Sessions emphasize what someone needs right now and the small steps that make change possible. She talks through coping skills, communication strategies, and ways to rebuild self-esteem.
People often arrive feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Lissa helps them name what matters, find patterns that keep them stuck, and try new ways of responding. She invites clients to set realistic goals and to practice changes between sessions.
How these approaches shape online work
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s experience first and focuses on listening, reflection, and empathy. It helps when someone mainly needs to be heard and to make choices at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and the difficulties they want to address. Together they will decide which approaches to try and adjust those choices as progress is made.
The therapist’s biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy life, for example by making it easier to schedule short check-ins or by avoiding travel time. Online work can support learning CBT exercises, practicing DBT skills between meetings, and using mindfulness tools in daily routines.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
Lissa works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses parenting stress, career issues, anger, and life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
She practices client-centered therapy, offering an empathic, nonjudgmental space. Sessions combine listening with practical strategies for change.
How long has she been practicing?
She has nine years of experience as a clinician working with a range of emotional and life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and she is located in Pennsylvania.
Can I have sessions in another language or from outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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