Hello, With over 18 years of experience in the mental health field, I have a conviction about the human capacity to grow, develop, and adapt throughout life. I appreciate that each person brings to therapy a unique self: the combination of one's personal characteristics, early family relationships, and life experiences. Many times, our most significant growth occurs because of learning to cope with challenges that occur in life and the stress that often accompanies change. Therapy can be an excellent tool to help clarify your thoughts, as well as reach a healthy life balance. I look forward to meeting with you and working hard together to explore the deeper meanings of your experiences as they relate to the present, and how you would like to see yourself in the future.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
The first session usually involves me asking you a lot of questions about you, how you cope, your current symptoms and how they are impairing your life. We will also talk about your goals for therapy, expectations, and more. Therapy can involve unearthing many things your brain has worked hard to bury, such as painful memories and feelings you may not have been up to exploring on your own. And as you sit down for first-time therapy, you may find the floodgates opening… whether you mean them to or not. You will be provided with support, empathy, and genuine regard.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I believe my greatest strength that I bring to my practice is being empathetic, compassionate, great listener, effective communication and tremendous experience and education. I am curious, analytical, open minded, warm, and patient, which makes it easy to connect with people and offer help.
About Dr. Lisa M Harmon
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VirtualMy treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive therapy focuses on changing patterns of thinking and beliefs that are associated with, and trigger, anxiety. CBT helps you become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking so you can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more effective way. In my practice, I work to assist with the identification client' beliefs, identify how thoughts lead to feelings and show how distorted thinking leads to negative feelings. I help the client change their thoughts so they may have a more adaptive response.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
ACT helps you move beyond negative thoughts and feelings. There are six core principals of ACT: accepting your emotions, detaching from negativity, being present, seeing yourself completely, creating values and reaching goals.
Cognitive Processing (CPT)
CPT for PTSD assist clients who are "stuck" in their thoughts about trauma. This a highly structured therapy that examines the conflict between pre-trauma beliefs about yourself, others and the world and post-trauma beliefs about self, others, and the world. There are separate phases of treatment: psychoeducation, understanding thoughts and feelings, Learning new skills, and changing beliefs. I have assisted client through childhood abuse, combat trauma, natural disasters, car accidents and sexual assault.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia is a multi-component treatment for insomnia that targets difficulties with initiating and/or maintaining sleep and is delivered over the course of six to eight sessions. The primary focus of CBT-I is to address the perpetuating factors that contribute to the development of chronic insomnia. Core components of CBT-I include Sleep Restriction Therapy, Stimulus Control Therapy, Sleep Hygiene, and Cognitive Therapy. I ask clients to download an app that contains sleep logs and track their sleep, then before session they can email the logs directly to me so we may share the information.