Lisa Kelbaugh, LCMHC

Lisa Kelbaugh is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She brings 14 years of professional experience to sessions and focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, and trauma. Lisa aims to make the first step easier for people who are unsure about reaching out. She uses straightforward conversation to identify what matters most to each person. Lisa listens without judgment and helps people name thoughts and feelings that feel stuck. Together they set clear goals and try small changes that build confidence over time. Her work often addresses parenting stress, low self-esteem, and motivation. She also supports clients facing grief, sleep disruption, anger, or career uncertainty. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care concerns, caregiving strain, chronic illness or pain, and attachment-related difficulties. Lisa draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-informed ideas, and client-centered principles in sessions. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools when they fit a person's needs. These methods are used to help people learn new ways of coping and making decisions that match their values. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Lisa invites people to try different strategies and notices what helps most. If someone prefers a practical, calm approach with clear steps, her style may be a good fit.

Practical approaches for online care

Lisa frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and tackling day-to-day stress by turning ideas into concrete experiments.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy ideas to look at patterns in close relationships. This approach helps people understand how early connections shape present reactions and supports building steadier ways of relating. In addition, client-centered work guides sessions by following the person's concerns and priorities, creating space to talk things through at the person's pace.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Lisa will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust as progress unfolds. The aim is to find practical tools that feel useful and sustainable.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style prompts, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules and different lifestyles.