Work with Lisa Whittingham - Teen Counseling Online Therapist

About me

I am licensed in Illinois with 15 years of professional work experience. In addition, I am a Yoga instructor, Mindfulness teacher, and am certified in Music & Sound Healing. My passion is to infuse these modalities into therapy. My specialties include: stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, PTSD, coping with grief and loss, and issues around Parenting LGBTQI+ children/teens/adult children. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor your treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage, and I am proud of you for getting started!

Specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationships
Family conflicts
Grief
Parenting issues

Also experienced in:
Trauma and abuse , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Sleeping disorders , Anger management , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Depression , Coping with life changes , Coaching , Compassion fatigue , ADHD , Abandonment , Aging and geriatric issues , Attachment issues , Blended family issues , Body image , Cancer , Caregiver issues and stress , Chronic pain, illness, and disability , Co-morbidity , Codependency , Commitment issues , Communication problems , Control issues , Coping with natural or human-caused disaster , Dependent personality , Dissociation , Divorce and separation , Domestic violence , Eating and food-related issues , Family of origin issues , Family problems , Fatherhood issues , Fertility issues , Forgiveness , Guilt and shame , Impulsivity , Infidelity , Isolation / loneliness , Jealousy , Life purpose , Midlife crisis , Money and financial issues , Mood disorders , Multicultural concerns , Narcissism , Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD , Panic disorder and panic attacks , Phobias , Postpartum depression , Post-traumatic stress , Pregnancy and childbirth , Prejudice and discrimination , Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) , Self-harm , Self-love , Sexual assault and abuse , Sexuality , Smoking / vaping cessation , Social anxiety and phobia , Somatization , Trichotillomania , Women's issues , Workplace issues , Young adult issues Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 15

Services offered

Messaging
Live Chat
Phone

Languages

English

Italian

Licensing

IL LCPC 180.002937

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Lisa Whittingham . We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.

Written on Aug 29, 2024 after therapy with Lisa for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar dis

Phone calls with Lisa is awesome! It feels like I’m talking on the phone with a supportive friend who has the best advice.

Written on Jul 31, 2023 after therapy with Lisa for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship

Lisa is very considerate and make me feel comfortable sharing my thoughts and feelings. Sessions have been very free form and we're able to talk freely about any issue that we on my mind. She has helped me think of issues in a different lens and help me realize how I can deal with difficult situation in my marriage. She provides helpful guides and exercises. Thank you Lisa!

Written on May 01, 2023 after therapy with Lisa for 4 months

She’s amazing

Written on Dec 24, 2022 after therapy with Lisa for 3 weeks on issues concerning trauma and abuse

THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!!!!
Lisa is the most kind, empathetic person I’ve ever met!
Also by far the most helpful therapy I’ve had to help me through major trauma in my marriage

Written on Dec 15, 2022 after therapy with Lisa for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, and self esteem

She’s great, understanding and listens and is kind.