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About Lisa
Lisa Kennedy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 19 years of experience. She practices in Arkansas and focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, parenting, self-esteem, career issues, depression, and coping with life changes.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as her primary approach and also draws on client-centered work, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic ideas, and solution-focused methods. Sessions are practical and direct. She helps people identify patterns, try manageable changes, and practice new responses over time.
Her background includes work in geropsychology, hospice, and inpatient psychiatric settings. She has also worked with domestic violence survivors and people alleged to have caused harm, and has experience with military-connected adults and children. She is a trained forensic child interviewer and has long exposure to personality and mood disorders.
In practice she names herself a behavioral therapist who leans on CBT. Conversations often cover communication problems, blended family issues, caregiver stress, abandonment fears, and problems that come with life transitions such as divorce or aging. She also addresses concerns linked to cancer, co-morbidity, and codependency.
Lisa works in private practice and responds to messages five days a week. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session through the site’s booking path. Fees vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
Approaches used online and what they mean
Lisa primarily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, stress, or low mood. CBT is practical and often involves homework and skill practice between sessions.She also uses client-centered techniques that prioritize a respectful, listening stance and motivational interviewing to help people clarify their own reasons for change and increase readiness to act. These approaches suit issues such as relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, and coping with life transitions.
Finding the right way to work is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress or challenges appear.
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current online session options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a workday, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy can be used more consistently around family responsibilities.
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Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Arkansas, North Dakota, Nevada, Massachusetts, Idaho
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns as well as trauma and abuse, anger, grief, parenting, self-esteem, career issues, depression, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as the main approach and blends client-centered, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic, and solution-focused techniques.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 19 years of experience, including work in geropsychology, hospice, inpatient psychiatry, and services for domestic violence survivors and alleged offenders, with experience supporting military-connected clients.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW licensed in Arkansas and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by using the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.