Dr. Lisa Rasheed , LICSW, LCSW

Dr. Lisa Rasheed focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. She works with adults who want practical tools for mood, sleep, addiction, or relationship concerns. Her approach is straightforward and aimed at small, manageable steps that fit day-to-day life.

Dr. Rasheed brings 29 years of experience across inpatient, outpatient, primary care, medical specialty units, and private practice. She has helped adults with aging concerns, caregiver stress, bereavement, depression, bipolar disorder, and co-occurring conditions. She also addresses career strain, parenting pressures, and compassion fatigue.

Her style centers on collaboration. She treats clients as the expert in their own lives and draws out personal strengths to build change. Sessions emphasize clear goals, skill practice, and realistic strategies rather than abstract theory.

Dr. Rasheed uses several practical methods when they fit the person’s needs, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness skills, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused tools. She aims to make sessions approachable and useful from the first meeting.

Clients describe a direct but warm presence; she balances empathy with honest feedback and occasional dry humor. Dr. Rasheed holds a Doctor of Social Work in Advanced Clinical Social Work and Supervision, a PhD in Educational Policy Studies, and a Master of Social Work. She is licensed as an LICSW in Alabama and an LCSW in North Carolina and practices from Georgia.

Approaches and online care that fit your life

Dr. Rasheed commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, building trust, and helping people identify their own strengths so they can set meaningful goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thought patterns and behaviors, then teaches concrete skills for managing mood, anxiety, sleep, or addictive urges.

She also draws on mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing when helpful. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce stress and improve sleep. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and make small steps toward goals. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which approaches fit their needs and preferences.">

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone sessions can be a good low-bandwidth option, live chat or texts suit brief check-ins and ongoing support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, maintain momentum between meetings, and use tools in real time during stressful moments.