Lisa Holder , LPC

Lisa Holder is a licensed professional counselor with 25 years of experience. She practices from Colorado and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. Her tone is practical and steady, aimed at people who want clear steps and steady support.

She describes therapy as a collaborative process. Sessions include learning skills for coping with strong emotions, improving communication, and addressing patterns that keep people stuck. Lisa emphasizes small, doable changes that add up over time rather than quick fixes.

Many clients come with painful histories or recent losses that make hope feel distant. Lisa helps people gently sort through those experiences, identify strengths that remain, and build new habits for day-to-day life. She pays attention to issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, caregiver stress, and the impact of chronic illness or pain.

Practical concerns such as money stress, midlife transitions, divorce and separation, and career or life-purpose questions are also common topics in sessions. Lisa works with mood and panic symptoms and supports people dealing with guilt, shame, isolation, and the effects of narcissistic relationships.

Her approach is straightforward and skill-based. Clients usually leave sessions with concrete tools to try between meetings. Lisa encourages pacing that fits each person's readiness and uses the length of sessions and formats to match what fits a client's life.

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Lisa uses established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address emotional and relationship concerns. One common approach focuses on building coping skills and emotion regulation so people can manage anxiety, panic, and mood swings more effectively; sessions teach steps and exercises to practice between meetings. Another approach centers on processing trauma and its effects on day-to-day life, helping people make sense of painful memories and reduce their hold on current behavior.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and will adjust methods over time. That means therapy can change as needs shift, and treatment plans are reviewed together rather than imposed.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care fit into busy lives. Video is useful for more in-depth work and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or movement is a concern, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between scheduled meetings. These options help people keep continuity of care and fit therapy into work, family, and health demands.