About Lisa
Lisa Amodeo helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or problems with substance use. She works with individuals facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, sleep or eating concerns, and career or life-transition stress. Lisa brings a calm, practical presence and listens first to understand what matters most to each person.
With three decades of clinical experience, she draws on several therapeutic approaches to meet real needs. Sessions focus on practical skills, realistic coping strategies, and building on personal strengths.
How Lisa works
Lisa aims to help people notice what gets in the way and find doable steps forward. Her background includes training in mental health counseling and licenses to practice in Illinois and Florida as an LCPC and an LMHC. Over the years she has worked in substance use treatment settings and community mental health, supporting people with co-occurring challenges.
Lisa often helps people manage intense emotions, addiction-related problems, grief, and recurring patterns that reduce life satisfaction. She emphasizes clear communication, emotional awareness, and learning tools that fit daily life. Outside of work she enjoys time outdoors, scuba diving, and fitness activities.
She values a warm, straightforward approach in sessions and aims to create a collaborative space where people can rebuild hope and direction.
Lisa lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Lisa works with
The areas below are the ones Lisa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCPC, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take manageable steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns, often helping with anxiety, sleeping, eating, and mood challenges. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on identifying feelings and improving emotional connection and communication, which can help with relationship stress and intimacy-related issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which approaches to try. That choice is collaborative and may change as someone makes progress or encounters new concerns.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm options before booking. Many people find online work helpful because it can fit into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and make it easier to keep regular appointments. Online sessions can also allow for shorter check-ins when a quick adjustment is needed or for focused skill practice between in-person meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and EFT techniques to remote sessions so therapy tools remain practical and applicable to everyday life.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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