Lisa Zwagerman, LPC

Lisa Zwagerman is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin. She brings three years of clinical experience as a mental health counselor, career counselor, and life coach. Lisa focuses on helping people navigate life transitions and the stress points that come with them.

She works with adults facing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and work or career changes. Lisa also supports parents with parenting challenges and people coping with relationship and family stress. Her practice includes concerns such as ADHD, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to adoption or caregiving.

Lisa describes her style as warm, understanding, and upbeat. She aims to be a partner in the work and to match her approach to each person’s needs. Sessions are client-centered and often draw on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people try new ways of thinking and acting.

In practical terms Lisa helps clients set clear goals, identify small steps they can take, and build routines that make daily life more manageable. She uses solution-focused and motivational tools to keep work moving forward when people feel stuck. Mindfulness practices are offered when they fit a person’s preferences.

Her background includes work with college-age clients, new parents, physician families, and school-age children in past roles. Those experiences shape how she supports people through midlife changes, career shifts, and the everyday pressures that can pile up.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person as an individual. The therapist follows the client's lead and helps them clarify what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and helps people try practical changes to reduce distress. Mindfulness therapy adds short exercises to notice thoughts and body sensations without judgment, which can help with anxiety and stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and suggest techniques that fit those goals. Over the first few sessions she and the client decide together which mix of methods to use and adjust that plan as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. It also lets people use exercises and worksheets between sessions so progress continues outside the appointment.