Lisa Fix

Lisa Fix is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with 33 years of experience. She chose this work because of a personal upbringing that pointed her toward helping others, and she speaks from both professional and personal perspective after doing her own therapy. Lisa keeps a relaxed, personal style and invites questions so people can decide if she is a good fit.

She has worked in several settings, including community mental health, a hospital-based eating disorders program, and a university counseling center. That background informs how she tailors sessions for stress, anxiety, eating and food-related issues, depression, trauma, and other concerns. She draws from multiple approaches rather than relying on a single method.

In the room she aims to be caring and nonjudgmental while offering direct feedback when it fits the client’s goals. Sessions move at a pace the client chooses, and she encourages people to ask questions about how therapy will proceed. She emphasizes being heard and understood before pressing for change.

Lisa uses client-centered work alongside techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy, and she includes mindfulness and motivational interviewing where helpful. These tools are combined to match what each person needs for practical steps and emotional processing.

Outside of counseling she enjoys exercise, gardening, coffee, chocolate, companion animals, funny videos, and staying engaged with social justice issues. She recommends a short interview conversation so people can see whether her approach fits their needs.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist offers empathy and support while helping clients set their own goals, which can be useful for relationship stress, grief, and self-esteem concerns.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, mood symptoms, eating-related patterns, and panic symptoms.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress. Those tools are often used when people need more structure for emotion regulation and coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose or combine methods based on needs, goals, and personal preferences rather than using a single technique for everyone.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins between commitments, and let people attend when scheduling or mobility would otherwise make in-person visits difficult. Ask about how sessions are scheduled and what to expect so therapy fits day-to-day routines.