Lisa Westcoat, LMHC

Lisa Westcoat is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 14 years of full-time experience in mental health and addiction care. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and challenges tied to addiction. Lisa aims to build a warm, respectful connection that lets people speak honestly about hard things.

Her approach is straightforward and practical. She blends Client-Centered therapy with cognitive and mindfulness-based tools to help people notice difficult thoughts and try new behaviors. Motivational interviewing is used when people are working through substance use or other patterns they want to change.

Lisa has extensive experience supporting people facing drug, alcohol, and process addictions alongside related family problems, guilt, and codependency. She often addresses anger, control issues, and cycles of destructive thinking by challenging unhelpful beliefs and practicing alternative responses.

Sessions are tailored to each person. Lisa describes her style as genuine, encouraging, and sometimes direct, with a sense of humor when it fits. She aims to make therapy practical so people can try small changes between sessions and notice results.

People commonly come for help with parenting stress, intimacy-related concerns, bipolar mood issues, trauma and abuse recovery, or compassion fatigue. Lisa works to support clients through life changes and toward clearer values and healthier patterns.

How therapy approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like depression and anxiety. It is often used when people want concrete strategies to change how they respond to distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That teamwork means methods may shift as progress is made or circumstances change.

Confirm the therapist's current online session options before booking, as specific formats are not described in the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice skills in daily routines and bring real-life situations into conversation with a licensed professional.