About Lisa
Lisa Fix is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with 33 years of clinical experience. She entered the helping professions influenced by her own background and has worked across settings including community mental health, a hospital-based eating disorders program, and a university counseling center.
Background and approach
Over three decades she has developed a flexible practice that draws from several therapeutic traditions to meet each person’s needs. Her approach is warm and straightforward, combining attentive listening with practical feedback and gentle challenge when appropriate.
She tailors treatment to the individual, inviting questions and collaboration so clients understand the process and can move at a comfortable pace.
Areas of focus include stress, anxiety, grief, eating and food-related concerns, mood disorders, trauma and abuse, intimacy and relationship issues, addictions, ADHD, and related difficulties such as body image, communication problems, family of origin issues, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
Outside of clinical work she enjoys exercise, gardening, coffee, chocolate, time with companion animals, and staying engaged with social justice topics. She encourages prospective clients to interview a therapist to determine fit and welcomes inquiries to explore whether her style aligns with their goals.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Lisa uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and many mood-related concerns. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful when emotions feel overwhelming or relationships are strained. In addition, her client-centered stance emphasizes empathy and collaboration so the therapeutic plan is shaped around each person’s values and goals.Finding the right approach is part of the process and she works together with clients to determine which methods fit best. Sessions often blend supportive listening with concrete strategies, and she invites questions so people understand why particular techniques are being used and how they relate to personal goals.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone appointments, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and varied lifestyles. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide consistent, accessible care while tailoring the mode of contact to each client’s comfort and needs.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English