Lisa Scott, LMSW

Lisa Scott is a licensed social worker with 32 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, stress, anger, addiction concerns, and self-esteem struggles. Lisa aims to make therapy practical and understandable for people juggling busy lives.

Her approach centers on clear communication and steady support. She listens for patterns in thinking and behavior and then works with clients to try small, concrete changes. Lisa often uses cognitive behavioral techniques alongside acceptance-based and client-centered ideas to help people notice what matters and change what isn’t working.

She pays close attention to relationship and family dynamics, attachment issues, and the strains caregivers face. Lisa also addresses trauma, grief, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and life transitions. Additional focus areas include obsessions and compulsions, impulsivity, codependency, and problems that come from prejudice or discrimination.

Clients can expect a collaborative process. Lisa helps set clear goals and tracks progress with tools and exercises that fit daily routines. She draws on emotionally focused and existential perspectives when people want to explore meaning, close relationships, or painful losses.

Lisa practices in Michigan and offers sessions that match each person’s needs. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at helping people find steady ways to cope, make decisions, and improve how they relate to others.

How Lisa’s Approaches Translate to Online Sessions

Lisa often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes in daily routines. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, OCD patterns, and stress when clients want clear tools and homework to practice between sessions.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing difficult feelings, clarifying values, and taking committed action. ACT can help when someone wants to build a life that matters despite ongoing discomfort. Client-centered therapy appears in her work as well, meaning sessions are guided by the client’s goals and paced to what feels most useful.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of therapy. Lisa collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and situation. She will adjust strategies as progress is made and will check in about what feels helpful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for a fuller conversation and shared materials, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing coaching and quick reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.