About Lisa
Lisa Baird is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, career questions, and ADHD. She focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life easier. Her approach also supports people dealing with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem concerns.
She keeps sessions straightforward and conversational. Lisa uses clear tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and client-centered work to help clients notice patterns and test new behaviors.
Background and approach
She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods to set achievable goals and build momentum. With 14 years of experience, Lisa adapts what she offers to each person’s needs. She helps clients break big problems into small, manageable steps.
Sessions often include short homework, goal checks, and simple strategies to use between meetings. Lisa says the relationship matters more than any single technique. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can talk honestly and plan realistic changes.
The focus is on practical progress rather than abstract theories. People work with her to sort out communication issues, parenting challenges, divorce impacts, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and geriatric issues, and money or career stress. She also supports those coping with panic attacks, co-morbid conditions, and autism-related needs.
The work is paced to match each person's readiness. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Lisa helps people set goals and adjust strategies as life changes, so the plan stays useful and relevant.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your point of view. The therapist offers empathy, reflects what she hears, and helps you make sense of your feelings so you can find your own solutions. This approach helps when someone needs support sorting emotions or building confidence.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions include small experiments and practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage panic attacks, and change unhelpful habits. Clients often leave with clear tasks to try between meetings to track progress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lisa will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and how quickly someone wants to move. That choice can change over time as needs shift, and she helps adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when demonstration or visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief coaching, quick problem-solving, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English