Lisa Zwagerman , LPC

Lisa Zwagerman is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin. She brings three years of counseling experience and a background that includes mental health counseling, career counseling, and life coaching. Lisa focuses on helping people who are navigating stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and other life changes.

She aims to create a warm and supportive space where clients can talk through hard moments. Her style is collaborative and strength-focused. Lisa approaches sessions with empathy and a straightforward manner that many people find easy to follow.

In sessions she uses client-centered techniques to follow what matters most to each person. She often incorporates cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking and try small, practical changes. Mindfulness and solution-focused methods are used when they fit the client’s goals.

Lisa has worked with people facing grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar. She also brings experience with adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric concerns, chronic illness and caregiver stress, and neurodiversity topics such as autism and Asperger syndrome.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Lisa describes therapy as a partnership and helps people set concrete goals they can work toward between sessions.

Online approaches that meet you where you are

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, understanding, and following the client's concerns. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so people set their own pace and priorities, which helps with relationship strain, self-esteem, and adjustment to change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It breaks issues into small, manageable steps and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and cope with stress.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment clarity. These techniques are often helpful for anxiety, trauma symptoms, and compassion fatigue.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Lisa will work together with each person to identify goals, try approaches that fit their needs, and adjust methods over time. That collaborative planning makes it easier to pick techniques that feel useful in everyday life.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and work in real time, phone sessions can fit into a short break or when video won't work, and live chat or text messaging provide brief check-ins or ongoing support without scheduling longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other obligations.