Lisa Raley, LICSW

Lisa Raley is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 16 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. She works with people facing addictions, relationship struggles, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, ADHD, and other mood or trauma-related issues. Her practice pays attention to aging and geriatric issues and to caregiver strain when those concerns are present.

She takes a holistic, strength-based approach. That means she looks at physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social parts of life. If one area is strained, other areas can suffer. Therapy focuses on finding existing strengths and building new ones to restore balance.

Sessions are collaborative and practical. Clients can expect straightforward conversation, skills practice, and steps they can try between meetings. Lisa uses methods like acceptance and commitment techniques, cognitive behavior strategies, and mindfulness tools to help with daily coping and longer-term change.

Her background as an LICSW grounds an interest in both clinical care and life challenges like career strain, financial stress, and midlife concerns. She also draws on approaches that address relationship patterns and emotional regulation.

People who choose her often want clear tools and steady support while they work through loss, trauma, caregiver burdens, or shifts in identity. She aims to help people regain balance and move toward goals that matter to them.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, panic, and mood disorders. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal interactions, which can help with intense emotions and relationship challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels practical. Together they adapt methods and pace so the plan fits day-to-day life and the issues being addressed.

The therapist's profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow short check-ins when needed, and let people practice skills in their normal routines. Licensed professionals can guide clients in translating exercises like mindfulness practice, behavioral experiments, and communication skills into everyday settings so progress continues between sessions.