Lisa Calloway, LCSW

Lisa Calloway is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Illinois with 24 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Her approach is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping someone take practical steps toward feeling better.

She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through hard thoughts and strong feelings. Sessions focus on understanding what is causing distress and on building everyday skills to cope. Lisa encourages small, manageable changes that add up over time.

Lisa commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening carefully and tailoring support to each person. These approaches are meant to be practical and easy to apply between sessions.

Her work covers many life challenges beyond core symptoms, including caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, first responder issues, isolation and loneliness, life purpose and midlife concerns. She also supports people with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, seasonal mood changes, and workplace problems.

Sessions are offered in English and conducted online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Lisa aims to help people build tools that fit their life and to guide them through change at a pace that feels right.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Lisa uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems going and to try small experiments that can reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, and low mood. She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around each person's needs and goals.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The process is collaborative and paced according to the client's comfort and progress.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for a fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text messaging makes it easy to keep practice going between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.