Jalisa Lewis, LCSW

Jalisa Lewis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her style is collaborative and strengths-based. She uses clear, direct language so discussions stay focused and useful.

Jalisa has worked across inpatient psychiatric care, residential treatment, a medical hospital setting including a pediatric intensive care unit, and in higher education. Those roles gave her wide exposure to crisis work, family dynamics, and medical-related stress. She draws on nine years of experience to shape treatment plans that fit each person’s life.

Therapy sessions emphasize noticing how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy tools are used to clarify values and build action around what matters most.

Sessions also use client-centered methods that let the person lead the pace and focus. For people with trauma, she can integrate EMDR-informed strategies when appropriate. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or ambivalent about change.

Jalisa pays attention to cultural and racial issues, caregiver stress, postpartum concerns, and the strain of caregiving roles. She also addresses communication problems, intimacy and commitment concerns, ADHD-related challenges, and grief. Her aim is to help people find clearer choices and feel more capable in daily life.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Jalisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT breaks problems into small steps and offers exercises you can practice between sessions, which works well over video or messaging. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and small actions that align with those values; it helps people move toward meaningful goals even when hard feelings are present.

She also uses a client-centered approach that keeps the person’s priorities in charge of each session. Deciding which methods to use is a collaborative process - the therapist and client try techniques, check what helps, and adjust plans together based on the client’s goals and preferences.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you use visual cues and work through exercises in real time. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make short check-ins possible and can fit into a busy day. These options help people keep consistent momentum while fitting therapy into work, caregiving, or school schedules.