Lisa MbriwaLPC

Lisa Mbriwa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of clinical experience. She brings a compassionate, person-centered style and aims to make people feel heard and respected. Lisa's work includes support for stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and depression.

She started in community-based mental health and has worked with people facing many challenges. Her practice includes helping with grief, communication problems, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and transitions around pregnancy and childbirth. She also has experience supporting those affected by domestic violence, separation, and codependency.

Lisa uses a flexible approach and draws from cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic methods. She adapts her work to each person's needs and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Sessions are intended to let clients move at their own pace while learning new ways to manage difficult feelings.

She also brings experience in counseling from a Christian perspective for clients who wish to include faith in therapy. Lisa emphasizes respect, authenticity, and steady support as people make changes in their lives.

People seeking help can expect straightforward conversation, attention to immediate struggles, and collaboration on goals for coping and growth. Lisa aims to help clients find clearer thinking, healthier boundaries, and more satisfying relationships over time.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Lisa blends cognitive-behavioral and humanistic ideas alongside psychodynamic perspectives to address current problems and life patterns. Cognitive-behavioral techniques focus on identifying thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety or depression and on practicing new responses. Humanistic work centers on listening, validating experience, and supporting personal meaning and growth. Psychodynamic ideas look at how past relationships and patterns influence present feelings and choices.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Lisa will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then shape sessions accordingly. That partnership helps clients try methods that fit their needs and adjust as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, shorten commute time, and let people meet from different locations within the same state. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed and reduce the need to travel on tough days. Talk with Lisa about what will work best for scheduling and comfort so sessions fit into everyday life.