Lisa Amodeo

Lisa Amodeo is a licensed counselor with three decades of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, substance concerns, grief, and relationship or parenting strain. Lisa works with adults to restore balance and find clearer ways forward.

She draws on practical, evidence-informed approaches to help clients handle life changes and emotional overwhelm. Sessions focus on building skills for managing mood, coping with cravings or relapse triggers, improving communication, and rebuilding self-worth. Lisa emphasizes strengths and small steps that fit into everyday life.

Lisa earned a Master of Educational Psychology in Mental Health Counseling from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1992. She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential and a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential. Over 30 years she has worked in detox, residential care, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programs, and community mental health settings.

Her work often involves people dealing with co-occurring mental health and addiction concerns, chronic illness or pain, grief, and work-life stress. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, codependency, communication problems, compassion fatigue, and first responder stress. The aim is to create practical plans clients can use between sessions.

Outside of practice she enjoys outdoor activities, cross training, scuba diving, time on the water, and being with family, friends, and her animals. That mix of energy and a down-to-earth style shapes how she approaches therapy.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and small actions that move a person toward a meaningful life despite difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, offering concrete techniques for mood, sleep, and worry. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotional responses and strengthening how a person connects with their own feelings, which can aid grief, intimacy issues, and relationship stressors.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, needs, and personal preferences. That means trying tools, noticing what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins during breaks or from a convenient location. Some formats may be quicker for brief check-ins while others allow longer, deeper work; the therapist and client will decide what fits best.