About Lisa
Dr. Lisa Hines is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with 30 years of experience. She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and major life changes.
Her work also addresses relationship strain and everyday problems like panic attacks, mood shifts, and feelings of isolation. Her approach is direct and respectful. She listens first and shapes the conversation to match each person's needs.
Sessions focus on practical steps, learning ways to manage intense feelings, and finding clearer paths forward.
Background and approach
She places attention on how the body and emotions connect, and uses that awareness alongside talk-based strategies. Over three decades of work have exposed her to many kinds of struggles. That background informs how she helps people sort priorities and set small, doable goals.
She draws on several approaches - somatic awareness, acceptance-based methods, and cognitive tools - to help clients build skills that fit their lives. People can expect a calm, steady presence and a focus on actionable change. Dr.
Hines aims to help clients reduce overwhelm, improve communication, and reconnect with a sense of purpose. She emphasizes compassion and practical problem solving as part of the process. To begin, she asks about what matters most and collaborates on a plan tailored to each person.
Time together can include learning new coping skills, processing difficult memories, or working on better ways to handle stress at work and home.
Approaches that translate to online work
Somatic-informed work pays attention to the body's signals and how physical sensations link with emotions. This can help people who feel tension, somatization, or a strong mind-body reaction to stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choosing actions that match personal values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Client-centered therapy centers on a nonjudgmental, respectful relationship where the therapist follows the client's lead to foster insight and growth.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Dr. Hines will work together with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying different strategies and adapting them over time based on what helps most.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available online options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into a busy day, allow quicker check-ins, and make it simpler to continue work during life changes. Online work can support learning emotion-regulation skills, practicing grounding and body-awareness techniques, and keeping steady progress when attending in-person sessions is difficult.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English