Lisa Amodeo

Lisa Amodeo is a counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and work or career concerns. She brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions and focuses on helping clients find hope and forward momentum. Lisa works with many life transitions and relationship stressors in straightforward, goal-focused conversations.

She trained in mental health counseling at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, earning a Master of Educational Psychology in Mental Health Counseling in 1992. She holds Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) credentials. Over three decades she has worked across treatment settings including detox, residential programs, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programs, and community outpatient clinics.

Her experience includes supporting people with substance use and co-occurring mental health concerns, depression, anxiety, anger, grief, and challenges with self-worth and intimacy. She also helps people coping with parenting stress, blended family issues, chronic illness, first responder stress, and forgiveness or guilt concerns. Lisa emphasizes clients' strengths and aims to rebuild confidence and practical coping skills.

In sessions she draws on several well-known approaches such as acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavior strategies, emotionally-focused listening, dialectical behavior techniques, and a client-centered stance. That means she listens carefully, helps clarify values and goals, and teaches tools people can use day to day.

Outside work she enjoys outdoor activities, CrossFit, scuba diving, time on the water, and being with family, friends, and animals. Her background and long experience shape a warm, direct, and hopeful approach in therapy.

How her approaches translate to online work

Lisa often uses acceptance and commitment ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques in her work. Acceptance and commitment approaches focus on clarifying what matters to a person, then helping them take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. Cognitive behavioral strategies look at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teach specific skills to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then recommend approaches that fit those needs. The plan can be adjusted over time as people try tools and notice what helps.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, or family life. It can allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, avoid travel time, and make it simpler to continue care during moves or travel. Licensed professionals can help people learn coping skills, practice strategies, and track progress across sessions in an online setting.