About Lisa
Lisa Tidwell is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas with four years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, and LGBT concerns. She also supports those working on self-esteem, confidence, and adapting to major life changes.
Her approach centers on building an open, nonjudgmental space. She encourages honest conversation about emotions and difficult memories. Sessions are practical and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel steadier and more able to cope.
Background and approach
Lisa offers support for a range of concerns that include panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and issues around sexuality and body image. She also works with people navigating divorce, forgiveness, guilt, and impulsivity. Additional focus areas include polyamory and alternative relationship styles, and aspects of kink and BDSM culture.
Meetings are paced to each person’s needs. Lisa listens, asks questions, and helps set small, doable goals. She works with clients to find skills that fit daily life and make lasting change more manageable.
Prospective clients should expect a calm, steady presence and a focus on practical next steps. Lisa invites people to reach out and begin with a short matching process to see if this clinical fit meets their needs.
Approaches that shape online sessions
Lisa uses evidence-based techniques that focus on talking through problems and building coping skills. One common approach is practical skills work that teaches ways to manage anxiety and panic symptoms through breathing, grounding, and short behavioral changes. This helps when worry or sudden panic make daily tasks hard.Another key element is trauma-informed conversation that lets people tell their story at a pace that feels safe for them. This approach helps with processing past hurt, reducing flashbacks or intense reactions, and learning to feel more in control of responses to reminders.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, quick problem-solving, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English