Lisa Adler, LPC-MH

Lisa Adler is a licensed counselor in South Dakota with 26 years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and other life changes. She focuses on practical steps that help people move toward a more satisfying life while treating each person without judgment.

Her approach is collaborative. She begins by listening to each person’s story and recognizing the strengths they already have. From there she offers straightforward feedback and works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques to set clear, reachable goals.

Lisa aims to make therapy a useful part of daily life. Sessions focus on coping skills, communication strategies, and problem solving tied to the issues a person brings. She also addresses concerns like sleep, eating, anger, addiction, and compassion fatigue in concrete ways.

With many years in practice, she has supported people through loss, major life transitions, and long-term challenges such as chronic illness, caregiving strain, and ADHD-related struggles. She describes the work as empowering people to use their own strengths to manage setbacks and pursue change.

To begin, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the listed process. Lisa aims to respond to messages several times a day and asks for patience when replies take a bit longer due to other responsibilities.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online work

Many of the evidence-based techniques Lisa uses focus on skills and behavior changes you can practice between sessions. For example, approaches that teach coping and stress-management skills break problems into small steps and give people concrete tools for anxiety, sleep, and mood regulation. Techniques that focus on communication and problem solving help with relationship strain and parenting by identifying patterns and rehearsing new responses.

Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. Lisa emphasizes a collaborative process where goals, needs, and personal preferences guide which techniques are used. The plan can be adjusted as progress is made and new priorities emerge.

Session formats are not specified in the provided biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, save commuting time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue work on grief, coping with life changes, ADHD-related strategies, and other concerns without rearranging a whole day.