Lisa Draper

Lisa Draper is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Michigan. She welcomes people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, or big life changes and offers calm, practical support. Lisa frames therapy as a partnership and aims to walk beside clients as they find a way forward.

Lisa draws on seven years of counseling experience and a broader life of emergency service and military work. She spent time in the U.S. Army and later worked in corrections and emergency response roles, and those experiences shape how she listens and responds. She has three years working specifically with adults facing substance use challenges where depression, anxiety, and trauma are often involved.

Her sessions focus on steady, practical steps rather than quick fixes. She uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral approaches, mindfulness, and client-centered work to help people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and reconnect with what matters. She also offers EMDR for addressing traumatic memories when that fits the situation.

Lisa pays attention to how life demands, caregiving responsibilities, chronic illness, and work stress can wear people down. She helps clients break down overwhelming problems into manageable actions and clearer choices. Conversations are direct but compassionate, aimed at helping people get unstuck and build routines that support better sleep, mood, and relationships.

People who appreciate straightforward guidance and a down-to-earth style often do well with Lisa. She welcomes clients who want to work on coping with life changes, addiction recovery, trauma, and everyday stressors, and she collaborates to find the next right step.

How therapy approaches and online care work together

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when emotions are uncomfortable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to address troubling memories by processing them in a structured way so they have less emotional charge.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lisa will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit those needs. Decisions about which techniques to use are collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Confirm the available session formats before booking so you know how Lisa is currently meeting with clients. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people use tools like mindfulness exercises or CBT worksheets between meetings so the work continues outside session time.