Lisa Stammerjohann, LPC

Lisa Stammerjohann is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 35 years of experience. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside other approaches to help people cope with stress, anxiety, and depressions. She listens carefully and focuses on practical steps people can take between sessions. Lisa writes plainly and works to make therapy feel manageable for busy lives.

Her work centers on real-life concerns like career stress, caregiving strain, sleep problems, and changes that come with aging. She also helps people facing grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Sessions often focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts, building coping strategies, and setting small goals that lead to clearer choices.

Lisa blends approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to match each person’s needs. She pays attention to life stories and values while encouraging concrete behavior change. That mix can help with relationship difficulties, intimacy-related questions, and family of origin issues.

Her practice supports people through caregiving stress, midlife transitions, fertility concerns, and the aftermath of disasters. She also works on anger, guilt and shame, hoarding, and finding life purpose. Her long experience shapes a calm, steady style that balances empathy with direction.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client’s routine.

Therapeutic approaches and online counseling options

Lisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. CBT often includes homework tasks and clear, step-by-step strategies to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying personal values and accepting difficult feelings while taking committed action toward a meaningful life. Client-Centered Therapy is part of her work too, providing a respectful, empathic space where people set the pace and focus of sessions.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods over time. Collaboration helps tailor strategies to each person's situation and priorities.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can work with lower bandwidth, live chat is good for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping focus on practical change.