Lisa Hammes, LPC

Lisa Hammes is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin with 11 years of experience. She focuses on common life stresses like anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and navigating major life changes. Lisa also supports people facing grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and challenges related to chronic illness and caregiver stress. She brings a warm, interactive presence and a touch of humor to sessions.

Her style is practical and flexible. Lisa meets people where they are and treats them as experts on their own stories. She draws on a mix of approaches rather than one single method, matching techniques to each person’s needs. Sessions often include skills practice, goal-focused conversations, and mindfulness exercises.

Lisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and coping, and Client-Centered Therapy principles that emphasize empathy and collaboration. Jungian ideas and mindfulness practices are woven in when they fit the person’s goals.

People can expect a conversational, down-to-earth approach that focuses on small, achievable steps. Lisa helps clients build on strengths and develop tools for daily life, such as managing stress, improving communication, and coping with chronic pain or illness. She encourages curiosity and self-compassion during the work.

To begin, visitors are asked to use the site’s Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability. Sessions are conducted in English and follow the counselor’s practice in Wisconsin.

How Lisa’s Approaches Fit with Online Therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and empathy. It helps people feel heard and guided to find their own solutions, which can translate well to remote conversations and collaborative goal setting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, then teaches practical tools to shift unhelpful patterns; CBT exercises and homework can be done between sessions and reviewed online. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing strong emotions and improving coping; its concrete skills, like grounding and distress tolerance, lend themselves to step-by-step coaching in sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit each person’s needs. That collaborative process helps decide which techniques to prioritize and how to pace the work.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life, for example allowing shorter check-ins that work around meetings or sessions without travel time. It also lets people practice skills between meetings and bring everyday issues into conversation with the therapist. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets, and mindfulness practices to an online setting so progress continues regardless of location.