About Me
I value relationships with family, friend-family, furry four-leggeds, and community.
I believe honest and authentic connections with others makes it possible for us to hold wellness and peace even when life does not.
I see the words "relationship" and "connection" as foundational elements of all that is.
I am nurtured by time outside, healthy relationships, making stuff, and exploring music, art, literature and chocolate of all kinds.
I began my work as a helping professional more than 25 years ago. Over those years, I've also celebrated,
grieved, and floundered. I've relocated, found community in diverse locations, and wished change was easier than it often is. I've been a spouse and partner, survived the end of a marriage, and been a new client in a therapist's office. I've become a new mother, a single-parent, and waved goodbye as first one, then another of my children drove off down the road for the first time.
I am always growing into greater awareness and greater peace, both with my own joy and my own pain. I am grateful for the opportunity to sit with you in yours.
In 1994, I earned the Master of Arts in Community Counseling with specialization in marriage and family from the University of Alabama. After 25 years serving individuals and families through program management in non-profit settings, I am pleased to return to direct service as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate (LCMHCA)
Learn more about my professional background through my Professional Disclosure Statement. You'll find that document here.
I value relationships with family, friend-family, furry four-leggeds, and community.
I believe honest and authentic connections with others makes it possible for us to hold wellness and peace even when life does not.
I see the words "relationship" and "connection" as foundational elements of all that is.
I am nurtured by time outside, healthy relationships, making stuff, and exploring music, art, literature and chocolate of all kinds.
I began my work as a helping professional more than 25 years ago. Over those years, I've also celebrated,
grieved, and floundered. I've relocated, found community in diverse locations, and wished change was easier than it often is. I've been a spouse and partner, survived the end of a marriage, and been a new client in a therapist's office. I've become a new mother, a single-parent, and waved goodbye as first one, then another of my children drove off down the road for the first time.
I am always growing into greater awareness and greater peace, both with my own joy and my own pain. I am grateful for the opportunity to sit with you in yours.
In 1994, I earned the Master of Arts in Community Counseling with specialization in marriage and family from the University of Alabama. After 25 years serving individuals and families through program management in non-profit settings, I am pleased to return to direct service as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate (LCMHCA)
Learn more about my professional background through my Professional Disclosure Statement. You'll find that document here.
More about my practice:
My practice is a person-centered, relational one.
(Learn more about a relational-cultural approach to therapy at the FAQ.)
My mission is to bring authenticity, empathy, and respect to each counseling relationship.
My role is as compassionate facilitator and listener, supporting and making space for discovery.
My intention is to create a safe, peaceful, and unique space where you can feel and explore what is and what might be.
Whether it's change that arrives uninvited or change that’s deeply longed for, my practice serves adults, couples, and families navigating changes across the lifespan. Some familiar themes include:
My practice is a person-centered, relational one.
(Learn more about a relational-cultural approach to therapy at the FAQ.)
My mission is to bring authenticity, empathy, and respect to each counseling relationship.
My role is as compassionate facilitator and listener, supporting and making space for discovery.
My intention is to create a safe, peaceful, and unique space where you can feel and explore what is and what might be.
Whether it's change that arrives uninvited or change that’s deeply longed for, my practice serves adults, couples, and families navigating changes across the lifespan. Some familiar themes include:
- The grief process as it relates to a range of losses and transitions;
- Recovery from emotional-, physical-, and other abuse experiences within primary relationships;
- Social anxiety, generalized anxiety, and depression;
- Infidelity, including managing its impact and recovery for partners and children;
- Individuals and families affected by birth differences, chronic health issues or terminal illnesses;
- Families and individuals recovering from impacts of loved ones’ substance abuse or addiction;
- Relationship and role changes for new partners, new parents and empty-nesters;
- Attachment and trauma;
- LGBTQ+ support;
- Aging and identity;
- Women's issues;
- Men's issues;
- Spiritual growth and development;
- Imagining and planning for one’s desired future.
Schedule a free
introductory phone call:
lisa@counselingmail.com
or (919) 249-8071
For email or voicemail, please include
two or three days and times
that are convenient for you to have a
15-20 minute window in which to talk.
If you are already a client
and would like to view and schedule
appointments via your Client Portal,
please do that here.
Client Portal.
introductory phone call:
lisa@counselingmail.com
or (919) 249-8071
For email or voicemail, please include
two or three days and times
that are convenient for you to have a
15-20 minute window in which to talk.
If you are already a client
and would like to view and schedule
appointments via your Client Portal,
please do that here.
Client Portal.
original artwork and images,
copyright Lisa Gist Walker 2022
copyright Lisa Gist Walker 2022
