Lisa Raley , LICSW

Lisa Raley is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 16 years of experience helping people navigate stress, mood difficulties, and life transitions. She practices from a holistic, strength-based perspective that recognizes each person as an integrated mix of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social capacities. When one or more of those areas becomes depleted by internal struggles or external pressures, symptoms such as anxiety, depression, or other stress-related concerns can emerge.

Her work centers on identifying and amplifying the strengths a person already has while supporting the development of new resources to restore balance. By focusing on resilience and practical strategies, she guides clients toward rebuilding stability and a sense of wholeness. Her goal is to help people reconnect with inner strengths so they feel more capable of managing current challenges and moving toward a steadier, more integrated life.

Evidence-based approaches for flexible online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and commit to small, practical actions that move life in the direction they care about. It is useful for managing worry, unhelpful thoughts, and motivation challenges by focusing on meaningful behavior rather than symptom elimination.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers structured techniques to identify and change thought and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress. It emphasizes practical skills such as reframing thoughts and building coping strategies to reduce distress and improve functioning.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that can be particularly helpful for strong emotional reactions, relationship struggles, and coping with intense stress. All three approaches are practical and skill-oriented, and they can be adapted to online formats.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Lisa Raley will collaborate with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, adjusting techniques as progress and needs evolve.

Online therapy offers flexible access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, family, and daily life, and they allow therapists and clients to maintain continuity of support when in-person meetings are not possible.