Lisa Early, LPC, LCMHC

Lisa Early is a licensed professional counselor with more than a decade of clinical experience. She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices from South Carolina while also maintaining licensure in North Carolina. Lisa focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and issues around self-worth and life changes.

Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions aim to be practical, with clear goals and tools clients can use between meetings.

Lisa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice and shift patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. She also incorporates coaching elements to support decision-making and action steps toward personal goals.

Clients come for help with grief, LGBT concerns, and transitions such as job or relationship changes. She also addresses social anxiety, communication difficulties, and feelings of isolation or abandonment. Veteran and multicultural concerns are listed among her focus areas.

Language of sessions is English, and she is able to work with international clients. The tone in sessions is respectful and practical, with an emphasis on making steady progress. Lisa encourages the small steps that add up to meaningful change.

CBT and practical approaches for online care

Lisa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with alternatives that reduce distress. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

She also blends coaching-style work into sessions to help clients set clear goals and take manageable steps toward them. That approach is useful when someone wants concrete plans for life changes, improving communication, or building self-esteem.

Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on progress and feedback so the approach stays useful.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text let people message between sessions or use shorter exchanges when that format fits their schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different time zones.