Lisa Godwin

Lisa Godwin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with 23 years of experience. She has spent her career helping people navigate relationship strain, parenting challenges, mood changes, and sudden life shifts. Her tone is warm and respectful, and she aims to make conversations feel safe and straightforward.

She has worked in many clinical settings and provided individual, couples, group, and family therapy. That background means she is used to tailoring conversations for different situations. She commonly supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, addiction concerns, ADHD, trauma or abuse, anger, and problems with intimacy.

Lisa uses practical methods that help people notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. She draws on client-centered ideas to keep sessions focused on what matters to each person. Cognitive behavioral tools are used to identify patterns and try small, testable changes. Dialectical behavior strategies and mindfulness help with emotion regulation and staying present in hard moments.

She also incorporates motivational interviewing to clarify goals and support readiness for change. Her work addresses relationship concerns like infidelity and jealousy and seasonal mood shifts such as SAD. Sessions are designed around each person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Lisa encourages people who are coping with life changes to take small steps toward stability. She emphasizes collaboration and practical skills so clients leave with usable strategies and clearer next steps.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-centered work focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens carefully and follows the client's lead to make sessions relevant and useful. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses small experiments to shift unhelpful patterns. DBT - dialectical behavior therapy - teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships, such as grounding and distress-tolerance techniques.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together you can try approaches or mix methods until you find what fits your situation and pace.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use skill practice in their daily routines, so strategies are tested where they matter most.