I am a social worker with over 20 years of experience working with clients from infants (support to parents) to geriatrics. I believe that our thoughts are powerful to change our behavior. We often have been taught to "just change our behavior" and then we get down on ourselves when we can't. But if we work on changing our thoughts then we have much more success in changing our behavior. This can be very helpful for individuals with anxiety, depression, grief, personality challenges, trauma, couples, etc.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

I love helping clients find out more about themselves through conversation and discussions that focus on moving forward while understanding how they got where they are today. We all have different experiences and that is what makes us unique and what makes counseling so exciting to me. I recognize you are the expert of your life; it is not my job to tell you how to live or what to do, but it is my desire that all clients end treatment with a few tools in their toolbox to better manage whatever circumstances may come their way.

What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?

I often use a solution focused approach along with rational-emotive behavioral therapy. But switch it up based on the individual and their goals and needs. Together with the client goals will be set and reassessed consistently to make sure that what is being addressed is meeting their needs and assisting them towards ongoing wellness. One of the most important parts of therapy for me is for you to know you are not in this alone.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

Clients appreciate my down to Earth style and use of analogies to help make therapy applicable to their life. I love making sure that at the end of every session there is at least one take away tool, task, etc that the client will be working on for the next week. My goal of therapy is that clients get tools for their toolbox of life that they can take and use not only during therapy, but from now on.

About Lisa Bicket