Lisa Patton, LPC

Lisa Patton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama with seven years of experience. She focuses on practical support for everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and issues around parenting and relationships. She aims to make the first step easier by creating an open space for people to talk and be heard.

In sessions she keeps language plain and tools simple. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also draws on client-centered principles to listen closely and follow each person's priorities during conversation.

People often come with one or two clear problems, such as trouble sleeping, panic attacks, or ongoing sadness after a loss. Lisa offers ways to break those problems into small, manageable steps so progress feels realistic. She also addresses related areas like low self-esteem, anger, and relationship communication when they come up.

Her background includes work across mood disorders, trauma and abuse, and stress-related conditions. That experience informs how she adapts techniques to fit each person’s situation rather than using the same approach for everyone.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and straightforward. Lisa helps people set short-term goals, practice new skills between sessions, and track what changes. The focus is on what works in daily life, not on technical labels or long lectures.

How CBT and Client-Centered Work Translate Online

CBT focuses on identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes. Online sessions can use this approach to practice new skills, track mood and sleep, and set brief experiments between meetings. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and following each person's goals, which means the therapist spends time understanding what matters most and shaping sessions around those priorities.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques together, and adjust the plan if something isn’t helpful. Clients and the therapist decide which strategies to keep or change as progress is reviewed over time.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and working through exercises together. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a session during a short break fits the schedule. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief check-ins, rapid troubleshooting, and ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for people juggling work, family, or mobility constraints.