THERAPY IN COLUMBUS, OH
You don’t have to become someone new. It’s time to come home to yourself.
Depth-oriented, integrative therapy specializing in relationships, NARM®, Somatic Experiencing®, & intensives.
“Why does this keep happening?”
You've done the work. You've been to therapy, learned all the terms, gained the insight, and can probably explain exactly why you react the way you do. You can recognize your patterns, and you usually know where they came from. But in a difficult conversation, a stressful moment, or simply with someone who matters to you, you get pulled into patterns that are frustratingly familiar.
You second-guess your needs, question your worth, or become the version of yourself you think someone else needs. You tell yourself you'll speak up this time, set the boundary, or stop overthinking—but in the moment, you find yourself leaning on the same familiar strategies.
Maybe you worry that something must be wrong with you. After all the work you’ve done, why is it so hard to be yourself in close relationships?
Understanding these patterns and still finding yourself in them doesn’t mean something is wrong with you. Insight and change aren’t the same.
Maybe you’re here because…
Your inner critic is loud, persistent, and impossible to satisfy, no matter how much work you've done on yourself.
Traditional talk therapy has taken you as far as it can, and you're ready for something different.
The same relationship dynamics keep repeating no matter what you do.
Understanding yourself intellectually has never been the hard part—being with yourself differently has.
Something still feels off, even though your life is objectively “good.”
Hello, I’m Lisa.
The most meaningful kind of change begins when you start experiencing yourself differently—not just understanding yourself better.
Sometimes “knowing” isn't enough. Even when you understand the patterns and recognize where they came from, you can still have the same reactions, the same relationship struggles, or the same feeling that something just isn’t changing.
But these patterns and reactions aren't necessarily the problem. They’re useful information. Rather than judging them or trying to force them to change, we'll approach them with curiosity and pay attention to what they may be showing us.
The ways you've learned to protect yourself once served an important purpose, but may no longer be serving you today. That's the work I love because it's often where people finally stop fighting themselves and begin to have a different relationship with themselves.
I came to psychotherapy through the body. Before becoming a therapist, I spent more than 20 years as a licensed massage therapist specializing in craniosacral therapy. That background continues to shape how I work today.
Learn more about my areas of expertise
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Maybe you find yourself becoming whoever someone else needs you to be. Conflict feels overwhelming, vulnerability feels risky, or you're always wondering why you end up in the same position. Together, we'll explore what's beneath those experiences so you can stop losing yourself in relationships and start feeling more at home in them—and in yourself.
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If you've found yourself stuck in the same ways of doing things despite years of self-reflection or previous therapy, the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM®) offers a different path. Designed to address the lasting effects of developmental trauma and attachment patterns, NARM® helps you move beyond insight and begin experiencing yourself differently.
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Your body can continue to be on alert, scanning for danger long after your mind recognizes the threat or traumatic event has passed. Somatic Experiencing® is a body-centered approach that supports your nervous system in moving through fight, flight, and freeze responses that may remain after a traumatic experience. Over time, this can help you feel more grounded, present, and relaxed.
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Sometimes there's deeper work to be done than a weekly therapy session allows space for. Therapy intensives provide dedicated, uninterrupted time to fully explore longstanding patterns without having to stop just as something important starts to unfold. This extended format allows us to stay with the work and build meaningful momentum.
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WHAT WORKING TOGETHER LOOKS LIKE
My approach is centered on what you most want for yourself and your life. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to therapy, because there isn't a one-size-fits-all person. Rather than rushing toward solutions, we'll slow things down and uncover what's getting in the way of the kind of life and relationships you’re looking for.
01 / Schedule a Consultation
We'll talk about what's bringing you in, answer any questions you have, and see if we're the right fit.
02 / Begin where you are.
Together, we'll identify what you most want from therapy and use that as our guide.
03 / Explore in real time.
We’ll pay attention to moments of connection and disconnection to yourself, slowing things down to bring awareness to what’s happening, being curious about what may be driving those responses, and creating more room for choice.
04 / Create lasting change.
By working with—not against—the patterns that have shaped your life, you can start to experience greater connection, ease, and freedom in how you move through the world.
This is more than simple insight or managing symptoms. This is therapy that gets to the root.
Sessions available in person in the greater Columbus area and online throughout Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Florida.