Lisa Raley, LICSW - Therapist in Alabama

About Lisa

Lisa Raley is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and mood concerns. She also supports those facing relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, career shifts, and life transitions. Lisa works from Alabama and brings 16 years of clinical experience to her practice.

Her style is direct and practical. Lisa looks for strengths a person already has and helps build new ones. She frames struggles as things that can be balanced with steady steps and clearer routines.

Background and approach

Sessions aim to be straightforward and usable between meetings. Lisa uses a mix of approaches that match the problem at hand. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness to steady attention and reduce reactivity.

She also incorporates acceptance-based ideas to help people live with difficult feelings while moving toward what matters to them. Her background includes work with a broad range of concerns such as trauma and post-traumatic stress, bipolar and mood disorders, panic, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to family of origin and caregiving.

She also addresses practical problems like money stress and career uncertainty. This variety informs a flexible, problem-solving approach. In sessions clients can expect clear tools and coaching alongside emotional support.

Lisa helps set small goals, practices skills in session, and adjusts plans as needed. The focus is on changes that fit a person’s life and values.

Therapies and flexible online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them block what matters. It focuses on values and small steps toward a richer life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and habits, teaching practical skills to change mood and behavior over time. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) blends skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and increasing distress tolerance.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and the problem at hand. From there she tailors methods and adjusts the plan so it fits the client’s life and needs in a collaborative way.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to get help from a licensed professional. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations from home. Phone sessions work when video is not possible, and live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins or skill practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep working on progress between meetings.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Lisa commonly address?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, bipolar and other mood disorders, trauma and post-traumatic stress, and related concerns.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Lisa uses a practical, strengths-based style. Sessions focus on workable tools, clear goals, and steady skill practice rather than long abstract talk.

What kind of experience does she have?

She has 16 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of mental health and life challenges, which informs a flexible, problem-solving approach.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a LICSW - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, AL LICSW 2189C, and practices from Alabama.

Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

How are sessions offered?

Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist factors; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What do I need to do to get started?

To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 16 years
Licensed: Alabama
Languages: English

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