Jalisa Lewis, LCSW
Therapist who centers your story
Details
| Name | Jalisa Lewis |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | North Carolina |
| Licensed in | North Carolina, Virginia |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 9 |
About Jalisa
Jalisa Lewis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and parenting concerns. She uses straightforward, strengths-based work to help clients notice what already helps and build on it.
Jalisa draws from Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from painful stories. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to break unhelpful thought patterns. Sessions are client-centered so goals and pace are set by the person in therapy.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in inpatient psychiatric care, residential behavioral treatment, a medical hospital pediatric intensive care unit, and higher education. That range shaped a practical approach to crises and everyday struggles. She has experience with grief, compassion fatigue, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and trauma-related issues.
In sessions she helps people identify strengths, practice new behaviors, and test small changes between meetings. She also supports parents and caregivers working through stress tied to family roles and parenting demands. Communication problems, commitment concerns, and family of origin issues are common topics she helps people talk through.
Jalisa pays attention to multicultural concerns and issues of prejudice and discrimination. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can work on self-esteem, forgiveness, self-love, and reclaiming agency after painful life events.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Jalisa works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Jalisa among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Jalisa among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Jalisa among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Jalisa among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Jalisa among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Jalisa among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Jalisa directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Jalisa directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Jalisa commonly uses Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from unhelpful stories about their lives and relationships. This approach is useful for issues like identity, multicultural concerns, family of origin problems, and reclaiming agency after trauma.She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions toward them even when uncomfortable feelings are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot and change thought patterns that lead to distress or self-defeating behavior.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with clients to match techniques to their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjust methods as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or people who express themselves better in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and life responsibilities.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and parenting challenges, grief, anger, self-esteem, bipolar concerns, and ADHD among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is client-centered and strengths-focused. She listens for your goals and moves at your pace while offering practical strategies and narrative work to reframe problems.
What experience does she bring?
She has nine years of experience across inpatient psychiatric hospitals, residential behavioral treatment, a pediatric intensive care unit, and higher education settings.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential with NC LCSW and VA LCSW and practices from North Carolina.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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