- CBT approaches
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Alisa
Alisa Branch is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 14 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, anger, parenting strains, and other life changes.
Alisa uses a practical, interactive style. She gives feedback, suggests skills to practice between sessions, and offers tools to improve coping. Sessions focus on concrete steps clients can try outside the room as well as talk about what is happening now.
Her background includes work in outpatient mental health, private practice, community mental health agencies, and a community medical center. Earlier roles included inpatient psychiatric settings and mobile crisis work, which shaped how she responds in higher-stress moments.
Alisa draws on several therapy methods to match what each person needs. She commonly works with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness techniques, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies. These approaches are used to address mood symptoms, relationship patterns, and coping during transitions.
She has experience helping people with a range of diagnoses and behavioral challenges while also addressing practical relationship and family issues such as communication, blended family adjustments, infidelity, and caregiver stress. To begin, she asks about current concerns and sets small, manageable goals with the person in session.
Online sessions and practical therapeutic methods
Alisa frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her work. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches skills to test and change unhelpful thinking or behavior patterns. DBT focuses on building practical skills such as emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for intense feelings and relationship strain.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice their experience without getting pulled into reactive behavior. These practices are brief and practice-based, useful for managing anger, anxiety, and stress in daily life. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Alisa collaborates with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, preferences, and current challenges, adjusting the plan as they go.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are scheduled. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten some check-ins, or avoid travel time. It also allows focusing on skills practice between sessions and using tools that transfer directly into home or work routines.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
North Carolina, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, anger, parenting concerns, self esteem, career worries, ADHD and related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is interactive and task-oriented. She gives feedback, suggests between-session tasks, and teaches coping tools.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of clinical experience across outpatient, inpatient, mobile crisis, and community medical settings.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LCMHC in North Carolina and an LPC in Virginia and practices from North Carolina.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and services. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.