About Lisa
Lisa McCarton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience based in Virginia. She helps people who are dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, relationship strain, ADHD, and parenting challenges. She also supports people facing trauma, anger, and major life changes, including adoption and foster care concerns.
Lisa uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She focuses on fixing immediate problems and building skills people can use right away.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with steps you can try between meetings. She began clinical work after earning a Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2000. Early in her career she worked in a residential program for children who had experienced abuse, providing therapy and case management.
That experience shaped her attention to safety, attachment, and family dynamics. Her common approaches include attachment-based work, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral techniques that look at thoughts and actions. She draws on motivational interviewing and existential ideas when exploring values and life direction.
These methods are meant to help with emotional regulation, communication, and coping skills. Lisa meets with people in English and Spanish. She offers sessions online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
People who want to begin can follow the platform process to match and schedule a first appointment.
How her approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and emotional bonds. In online sessions this means talking about patterns that affect close relationships and practicing new ways to connect and respond. It can help people understand feelings tied to abandonment, attachment issues, and family dynamics.Client-centered therapy centers on listening and responding to what the person needs. The therapist follows the client’s pace, reflects feelings, and helps clarify goals. This approach supports people who need a calm space to talk through grief, life changes, or decisions about next steps.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete tools to shift unhelpful thinking and reactions. Online CBT often includes short exercises, homework between sessions, and step-by-step strategies for anxiety, mood symptoms, and coping with stress.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on how well they fit the client’s needs and preferences. Clients and the therapist decide together what to emphasize as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make scheduling easier. Video visits allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be helpful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text work well for brief check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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