Lisa Draper, LPC

Lisa Draper is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Michigan who focuses on helping people move forward from addiction, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She speaks plain language and aims to be a steady partner during hard times. Her background includes military and first responder experience, and she brings that perspective into sessions where it fits.

Lisa draws on several practical approaches to help people manage symptoms and try new ways of coping. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) skills help people build small daily practices that make life feel more manageable.

Her work includes attention to substance use concerns alongside co-occurring depression, anxiety, and trauma. Lisa also addresses challenges such as grief, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and issues that follow divorce or disaster. She helps people untangle complicated, overlapping problems without making quick promises.

Clients can expect sessions that focus on clear goals and steps they can try between meetings. Lisa describes therapy as walking beside someone, not pushing or pulling them. She aims for a practical pace and supportive presence while people test new choices.

Outside the therapy room Lisa’s history includes time in the U.S. Army, work in corrections, and years as a firefighter and paramedic. That mix of life and service informs how she listens and responds to stress, trauma, and recovery.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values and taking small committed actions. It can help when someone feels stuck by teaching practical steps that match what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers tools to change patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, or addictive behaviors. It usually involves clear tasks and experiments to try between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can ease stress and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining elements of ACT, CBT, and mindfulness depending on how someone responds and what they want to change.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people keep continuity with the same therapist when relocation or travel comes up. Licensed professionals tailor the structure and pacing so sessions fit a client’s daily life and goals.