Alisa Branch, LCMHC, LPC

Alisa Branch is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings a warm, interactive approach to therapy. She focuses on practical tools, feedback, and between-session tasks to help people build coping skills. Her style aims to make clients feel understood and more hopeful about daily life.

She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Master of Science in Community Agency Counseling from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Alisa has 14 years of experience in outpatient mental health and earlier experience in inpatient psychiatric and mobile crisis settings.

Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, and related issues. She also focuses on problems like abandonment, blended family adjustments, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, infidelity, and isolation.

Alisa uses a mix of approaches to meet each person’s needs. That can include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness practices, Motivational Interviewing, and solution-focused methods. She provides feedback, practical tasks, and coping tools people can try between sessions.

People who take the first step will find a therapist who aims to be encouraging and direct. Alisa emphasizes collaboration and clear goals so clients can see progress and build skills for everyday life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Alisa commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to change feelings and outcomes. DBT adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication to help in intense moments.

She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice sensations and thoughts without judgment, which can reduce reactivity and improve focus. These approaches are practical and task-oriented, so they adapt well to conversations about real-life problems and goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will talk with each person about goals and try strategies that fit their situation. Together they choose skills and tasks to try between sessions and adjust them based on results.

If you want online therapy, please confirm the session formats available before booking. The main practical benefit is fitting therapy into a busy life - sessions can be scheduled to work around work, school, or caregiving. Online visits also make it easier to maintain continuity during transitions and can help with shorter check-ins when needed.