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Lisa Bicket

Compassionate, practical therapy for life’s challenges

LCSW Illinois

Experience
22 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Parenting, Self esteem
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Lisa

Lisa Bicket is an Illinois licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and difficult life transitions.

Background and approach

She emphasizes a client-centered stance that prioritizes each person’s individual experience while integrating practical techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy to address problematic thoughts and behaviors. Her work often focuses on building resilience, improving communication, and developing concrete coping strategies for challenges such as relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and compassion fatigue.

She also brings attention to areas like ADHD, bipolar symptoms, sleep problems, anger, and a broad range of family and attachment issues. Sessions with Lisa are grounded in empathy and collaborative problem solving, drawing on mindfulness and solution-focused methods alongside motivational interviewing to support change.

She frames therapy as a partnership that helps clients foster self-esteem, process loss, and manage ongoing stressors while tailoring techniques to each person’s goals and circumstances.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Lisa often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT focuses on changing connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to produce measurable shifts in daily functioning.

She also employs Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathic listening and creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients guide the pace and focus of their work. Mindfulness-based techniques are incorporated to help people build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity to difficult thoughts and emotions.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with each client to explore goals, preferences, and responses to different methods, adjusting the mix of techniques as progress is made and needs change.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules or those who cannot attend in person. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice skills between sessions, and access support from a licensed professional across distances.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, parenting issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, anger, bipolar, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is the therapeutic style and approach used in sessions?
The approach is client-centered and collaborative, incorporating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, solution-focused techniques, and trauma-focused methods to match client needs.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She brings 22 years of professional experience working with adults on emotional, relational, and life transition issues.
What are the therapist's credentials and location?
Lisa holds an LCSW license in Illinois with the license number IL LCSW 149017717 and practices from that state.
Are sessions available in languages other than English or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she does accept international clients.
Which session formats are offered for therapy?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyParenting issuesSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

22+ years

Licensed

Illinois

Languages

English