JaLisa Giles, LCSW

JaLisa Giles is an LCSW based in Texas who helps people age 15 and up navigate anxiety, stress, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. She aims to create a warm, honest space where people of color and others feel seen and respected. Conversations are straightforward and collaborative rather than overly clinical.

With eight years of experience, JaLisa blends practical tools and talk to help clients make change. She mixes Cognitive Behavioral techniques with strength-focused perspectives, psychodynamic ideas, and motivational interviewing to match each person’s needs. Sessions focus on clear goals and everyday strategies people can use between meetings.

Her work also includes aging and geriatric concerns, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, body image and identity issues, attachment challenges, and loneliness. JaLisa supports people facing complex or overlapping problems, such as mood disorders, co-morbidity, and impulsivity, and she addresses multicultural concerns with attention to cultural context.

People can expect a collaborative plan that names goals and follows a practical path toward them. She offers a free consultation so prospective clients can talk about what’s been weighing on them and decide if the approach feels right.

Sessions are offered in English and are organized around each person’s life and schedule. JaLisa works to turn insight into concrete steps so clients can carry progress into their daily routines.

How evidence-based approaches work online

JaLisa draws on evidence-informed techniques to help people manage mood, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and building new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. Motivational Interviewing helps people clarify their own reasons for change and strengthen motivation for steps they want to take. Psychodynamic ideas are used to notice patterns from past relationships that show up in current life and to increase self-understanding.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, values, and preferences. Together they set clear, practical goals and adjust the plan as needed based on what is helping.

Confirm the session formats before booking to know which online options are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins from a quiet place or during a work break. It can also make shorter, focused sessions or regular weekly meetings more convenient so people can practice new skills between appointments.