- Stress and anxiety
- Blended family issues
- Foster care experience
About Lisa
Lisa Mbriwa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 15 years of experience in community-based mental health. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, and parenting concerns. Her practice also notes experience with adoption and foster care and blended family issues.
She began her work in community settings and has supported people through a wide range of challenges. That early work included clients involved with foster care and the child welfare system. Over time she has also worked with relationship conflicts, communication problems, grief and loss, and transitions tied to pregnancy and childbirth.
Lisa describes an approach that mixes cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic techniques. In practice this means she pays attention to thoughts and behaviors, to personal values and present feelings, and to patterns from earlier relationships that shape current reactions. Sessions tend to focus on concrete steps and understanding patterns that repeat.
She also brings experience with faith-informed concerns and can address questions related to church hurt or spiritual conflict when that is relevant to the person. Topics such as boundary setting, codependency, commitment worries, and coping after separation are part of her caseload.
People looking for help with blended household challenges - becoming a stepparent, merging routines, or handling loyalty conflicts - will find her background relevant. To get started, she asks people to use the site process to match and schedule a first session.
Therapeutic approaches used and online work
Lisa uses cognitive-behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. That approach is practical and often focuses on small experiments to reduce anxiety or improve communication.She also uses humanistic techniques that pay attention to a person’s values and present feelings, which can help with relationship decisions, parenting questions, and grief. A psychodynamic lens is part of her work too, looking at how early family patterns influence current responses and loyalties in blended households.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of therapy. She collaborates with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences. That conversation shapes session focus and the techniques used going forward.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions around school, work, or caregiving, and can reduce travel time. Some formats also let people do shorter check-ins or avoid being on camera when that helps them stay focused.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting concerns, and related areas such as adoption, foster care, and blended family issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style combines cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic approaches. That means she looks at thoughts and behaviors, present feelings and values, and past patterns that affect current relationships.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working in community-based mental health and with people connected to the child welfare and foster care systems.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is pricing handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.