Lisa Draper, LPC

Lisa Draper is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who focuses on helping people facing midlife transitions and related stresses. She draws on her life experience and clinical work to help clients move forward when they feel stuck. Lisa aims to create a supportive, down-to-earth environment where people can talk through practical steps and personal barriers.

Her background includes military service and years of emergency response work, and she mentions experience with substance use concerns alongside mood and trauma-related issues. That mix of life experience and clinical practice shapes the way she meets people - with plain talk and steady presence. Sessions are described as a shared journey where the client leads and the counselor walks alongside.

In practice she uses a few evidence-informed approaches to help people learn new habits and manage strong feelings. That can mean gently examining unhelpful thinking, practicing acceptance of difficult emotions, or trying mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity. She also uses trauma-focused tools when past events continue to cause distress.

Lisa has seven years of counseling experience and holds Michigan LPC credentials. She has worked with adults who face depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, relationship strains, sleep problems, anger, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and the stresses that come with caregiving or blended family life.

Her goal is straightforward: help people find clear next steps and greater ease in day-to-day life. If someone wants practical strategies mixed with personal understanding, she aims to provide that balance.

How Lisa Uses Practical Therapies Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, midlife shifts, and ongoing worry. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more useful, realistic thoughts while building new behaviors to improve mood and functioning. That approach can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and addiction-related habits. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that works on memories that keep causing distress and can reduce their emotional charge; it is offered when trauma symptoms are a key concern.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to try ACT, CBT, EMDR, or a mix, and they check progress as they go.

The original profile does not list which specific online session formats are used, so confirm the available options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions can occur during breaks or between obligations. Licensed professionals can adapt standard therapies to an online setting to focus on skills practice, thought work, and trauma processing when appropriate.