Lisa Raley
Compassionate, skills-based therapy for life challenges
LICSW Alabama
- Experience
- 16 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Lisa
Lisa Raley is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 16 years of practice in Alabama who helps people address a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family challenges, depression, trauma, grief, and intimacy-related issues.
Background and approach
She draws on a holistic, strength-based perspective that views emotional health as interconnected with physical, social, and spiritual life. Her work emphasizes identifying existing capacities and cultivating new coping skills to restore balance when life’s demands cause disruption.
Her clinical toolkit includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), the Gottman Method, and mindfulness-based approaches. In sessions she aims to combine practical skill-building with reflective work so clients can reduce symptoms, improve interpersonal functioning, and pursue meaningful goals.
Lisa frames therapy as a collaborative process that centers each person’s values and resources while addressing patterns that generate distress. Clients can expect a professional, approachable clinician who integrates evidence-informed strategies with attention to individual strengths and life context.
She offers services in English for clients based in Alabama and brings sustained experience helping people navigate mood disorders, trauma-related concerns, life transitions, and challenges such as ADHD, caregiving stress, and career or financial strain.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaching practical strategies to change them; it is commonly used to address anxiety, depression, panic, and many stress-related concerns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes clarifying personal values and building psychological flexibility through acceptance and mindful action, which can support coping with chronic difficulties and life transitions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness, which are useful for managing intense emotions and relationship patterns.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to explore needs, preferences, and goals, and then recommend or combine methods that best fit the situation. That collaborative planning helps ensure therapy stays practical and aligned with what the client wants to accomplish.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make scheduling easier and reduce travel time. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver skills training, reflective work, and ongoing coaching in ways that suit different lifestyles and routines, helping clients engage consistently with the therapeutic process.
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Experience
16+ years
Licensed
Alabama
Languages
English