Lisa Gray, LPC

Lisa Gray is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 18 years of experience in clinical work. She practices with a direct, compassionate approach and focuses on helping people regain meaning after trauma, loss, or major life changes.

She helps people coping with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and addictions. Lisa also supports work on self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, sleep problems, and career transitions. She has experience with bipolar disorder, ADHD, and complex responses such as dissociation and codependency.

Her work often addresses difficult life events like abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and recovery from abuse. She also assists people facing commitment and communication problems, control struggles, and the emotional impact of disasters. Lisa emphasizes practical steps people can use between sessions.

Lisa draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking and change everyday patterns. She mixes narrative and mindfulness ideas to help people reframe their stories and manage strong emotions. Solution-focused strategies are used to set short-term goals and build momentum toward clearer choices.

Sessions aim to create space for honest conversation and steady progress. Lisa describes her work as focused on restoring hope, renewed self-value, and a sense of freedom. She welcomes conversations in English and sees people across Michigan and internationally via online options.

Practical approaches for online healing

Lisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns of thought and behavior that worsen anxiety and depression, then test new ways of thinking and acting to improve daily life. She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce emotional reactivity and support better sleep and stress management.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their concerns, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress unfolds. This is a team effort focused on clear steps and measurable changes.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other demands.