Lisa Hammes

Lisa Hammes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 11 years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, and parenting concerns. She listens with warmth and a sense of humor while focusing on practical steps clients can take right away. Lisa aims to meet people where they are and build on their strengths.

Her style is interactive and down-to-earth. Sessions emphasize clear goals, coping skills, and small experiments to test new ways of handling problems. She draws on client-centered work to keep sessions focused on each person’s needs.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are part of her toolkit. These methods are used to help with symptoms like worry, racing thoughts, intense emotions, and difficulty tolerating stress. Jungian ideas can help explore personal meaning and patterns over time.

Lisa often uses solution-focused techniques to identify what is already working and expand those strengths. She supports people dealing with grief, relationship and intimacy questions, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and challenges such as impulsivity or feeling isolated.

She believes clients are the experts on their own stories and works collaboratively to set realistic, concrete goals. The aim is steady progress through skills practice, clearer thinking, and learning ways to manage strong emotions more effectively.

How Lisa's approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting each person where they are. Online sessions using this approach keep the conversation focused on the client's priorities and build on strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be practiced between sessions and reviewed remotely. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers clear skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving emotion regulation; these skills work well in an online format where tools and worksheets can be shared during or between visits.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can change over time as progress is made or new priorities arise.

Please confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine, reduce travel time, and allow quick check-ins when needed. Some people find phone visits require less bandwidth and work well for brief check-ins, while video sessions can help when visual connection supports the work. Discuss practical needs with the therapist when scheduling so sessions match everyday life and goals.