Lisa Whittingham , LCPC

Lisa Whittingham is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience working with people facing major life stresses. She practices in Illinois and speaks English and Italian. Lisa focuses on helping clients sort through anxiety, grief, relationship strain, parenting pressures, trauma, and identity questions.

Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions are a space to talk honestly and map small, doable steps forward. She emphasizes practical tools that can be used between meetings, such as attention to sleep, coping techniques for anger, and clearer communication habits.

Lisa blends evidence-based approaches with a focus on the whole person. She uses methods that target symptoms like panic or depression while also addressing deeper patterns such as attachment or codependency. This combination aims to reduce distress and build long-term coping skills.

She also supports people dealing with medical and caregiving stress, chronic pain or illness, and life changes such as aging or blended family adjustments. Lisa pays attention to how work, body image, and caregiving roles affect daily mood and function.

People looking for practical, compassionate guidance often find her approach useful. Sessions can include coaching elements alongside therapy to help clients move toward specific goals. Her practice offers several remote formats to fit different schedules and needs.

Approaches that translate to online care

Lisa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on stabilizing symptoms, processing difficult memories at a safe pace, and building skills to manage triggers and flashbacks.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, current struggles, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps you make steady progress toward clearer relationships, better sleep, or reduced distress.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets you get ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work or caregiving schedules and to choose the format that best matches each moment in your life.