Lisa Zwagerman , LPC

Lisa Zwagerman is a licensed counselor practicing in Wisconsin. As an LPC - a Licensed Professional Counselor - she combines training as a mental health counselor, career counselor, and life coach to guide people through transitions and challenges. Her experience includes work with college-age clients, new parents, physician families, women with specific concerns, people navigating career changes, and school-age children, giving her a broad perspective on life-stage and role-based stressors.

Lisa approaches counseling with warmth, understanding, and appropriate empathy, offering a supportive presence that aims to meet people where they are. She views the therapeutic relationship as a partnership, coming alongside clients to help them identify strengths and build practical coping skills. Lisa is open to helping individuals who are managing anxiety, depression, family and relationship stress, parenting challenges, work-related strain, physical or emotional trauma, and fallout from the pandemic.

Her style is client-centered, leaning toward cognitive behavioral techniques and grounded in a strength-based orientation. That combination supports both exploring personal experience and developing concrete strategies for change, with an emphasis on collaboration and respect for each person’s goals and pace.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Lisa integrates client-centered therapy by creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client’s goals and experiences guide the work. This approach emphasizes empathy and collaboration and can be especially helpful for people seeking support through life transitions, relationship issues, or identity shifts.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and developing practical skills to change behavior and mood. CBT is often effective for anxiety, depression, stress management, and problem-solving in daily life.

Mindfulness therapy is offered as a complement to these approaches and teaches simple attention and awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation, useful for stress, trauma reactions, and ongoing worry.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Lisa works collaboratively with clients to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for people balancing work, family, or health demands. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals and allow sessions to fit into varied schedules and life circumstances.