Lisa Tolliver, LPCC

Lisa Tolliver is an LPCC with 25 years of clinical experience who focuses on emotional connection and life meaning in therapy. She uses approaches that help people name feelings, tell their story differently, and understand patterns from the past. Her work supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and compassion fatigue.

She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and shift strong emotional responses in close relationships. Narrative Therapy is part of her approach when people want to rethink the stories they use about themselves. She also uses existential ideas to talk about life purpose and midlife transitions, and psychodynamic ideas to look at family of origin patterns that keep repeating.

Lisa has particular experience with neurodiversity, including people diagnosed with Autism or Asperger syndrome and those wondering about their place on the spectrum. She also supports people whose work or life context brings added strain, such as first responders and veterans, and those balancing career demands with personal values.

Her background includes long-term clinical practice in Kentucky and work with people managing chronic and invisible illness. She helps people who face process addictions such as problematic gambling, exercise, or pornography use, and those working through life adjustments after service or long-term international living.

In sessions she aims for clear conversation and practical steps. People can expect a focus on emotions, stories, and life meaning, with attention to how past relationships continue to shape present choices.

Approaches that translate to online therapy

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people find and name deeper emotions and then try new ways of responding in relationships. It is useful when strong feelings keep repeating and cause conflict or distance. Narrative Therapy helps people look at the stories they tell about themselves and change unhelpful narratives into more useful ones. It often helps when people feel stuck in a single identity or role.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and make decisions together about which methods fit best. That collaborative process can shift over time as needs change.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, offer shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. It can also allow people living outside Kentucky to work with a licensed professional who understands veteran, first responder, neurodivergent, and chronic illness concerns.