Lisa Gray, LPC
Hope-focused counselor helping rebuild meaning
Details
| Name | Lisa Gray |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Michigan |
| Licensed in | Michigan |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 18 |
About Lisa
Lisa Gray is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 18 years of experience. She helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, and major life changes. Her work often focuses on restoring hope, meaning, and a sense of personal value.
Her background includes long-term practice supporting people who have faced trauma, loss, and struggles with intimacy or sexuality. She also has experience helping clients manage mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms, and behavioral concerns like addictive patterns and sleep disruption.
Background and approach
Lisa brings a direct, practical style to sessions and aims to make therapy understandable and useful. Lisa draws on Narrative therapy to help people reframe their life stories and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses mindfulness techniques to build present-moment awareness and solution-focused strategies to set short-term, achievable goals.
These approaches are mixed to fit each person’s needs rather than applied in the same way for everyone. Sessions may include talking through painful memories, identifying patterns that keep problems going, practicing new coping steps, and setting realistic goals for change. Lisa prefers clear steps and honest conversation, and she encourages small experiments between sessions to test new ways of coping.
People who reach out can expect a straightforward, compassionate therapist who prioritizes practical change and renewed hope. Lisa works with adults across a wide range of concerns and supports international clients in English.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief among the things Lisa works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Lisa among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Lisa among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Lisa among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Lisa among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Lisa among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Lisa 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 Lisa directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and cognitive approaches work online
Lisa often uses Narrative Therapy to help people retell difficult life events and separate themselves from limiting stories. That approach can be useful for grief, trauma, identity questions, and feeling stuck in old patterns. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety and low mood. CBT helps with worry, sleep problems, and managing mood swings.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist discusses goals and preferences, tries a method, and adjusts based on what feels helpful. Clients are invited to weigh in about what works and what doesn’t so the plan evolves together.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a sitter or commute makes video difficult. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, homework, and ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work from different places.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and related difficulties listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and conversational. She focuses on clear steps, short-term goals, and helping people rewrite unhelpful patterns in their lives.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience working in the helping professions and supporting people through trauma, loss, addiction, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing from Michigan and holds the credential MI LPC.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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