Lisa Kelbaugh , LCMHC

Lisa Kelbaugh is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with 14 years of professional experience. She brings a calm, practical approach to helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and issues of self-esteem and motivation. Her practice also supports clients facing relationship and family concerns, grief and loss, sleep difficulties, anger, career decisions, depression, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

As an LCMHC Lisa combines evidence-informed techniques with a compassionate, client-centered stance. She aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be expressed and explored. Lisa works collaboratively with individuals to identify goals, strengthen coping skills, and build confidence for facing life changes.

Licensed in North Carolina as NC LCMHC 8693, Lisa values the courage it takes to begin therapy and acknowledges the first step as meaningful. Her focus is on practical tools and steady support that match each person’s needs, blending clinical experience with a respectful, encouraging presence throughout the therapeutic process.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Lisa Kelbaugh

Lisa integrates Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns, helping people improve connection, trust, and emotional understanding in close relationships. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize the client’s perspective, offering empathic listening and collaborative goal setting so individuals feel heard and respected as they work toward change. Lisa also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, a useful approach for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Lisa partners with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process allows adjustments over time so therapy remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for busy schedules, mobility limitations, or geographic distance. These formats let clients access licensed professionals and therapists from familiar settings and choose the style of communication that fits their life and comfort level.