Lisa Draper, LPC

Lisa Draper is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who brings a wide range of life and public service experience to her therapeutic work. She is a mother of four and a grandmother of five. After leaving home in 1984 she began service in the U.S. Army and is a 14-year veteran with combat experience in Iraq in 2007.

Her professional background includes more than five years working as a corrections deputy in Michigan, and a career as a paramedic and firefighter. She continues to serve the community as a volunteer firefighter. Those roles inform her understanding of trauma, stress, and the complex needs of people who work in high-stress occupations.

As a licensed counselor she has focused part of her clinical work on adults with substance use disorder, with three years of direct experience supporting people who are also coping with depression, anxiety, traumatic histories, and related challenges. LPC stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, a credential for clinicians trained to provide counseling and psychotherapy.

In sessions she frames therapy as a shared journey, positioning herself as a partner who walks alongside individuals rather than pushing from behind or pulling from the front. Her approach emphasizes collaboration, practical tools for coping, and steady support for people working to move forward from difficult experiences.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care

Lisa Draper uses several evidence-informed approaches to address stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and related concerns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and commit to meaningful actions while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings - it can be useful for managing anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused approach that supports processing distressing memories and can be helpful for people with traumatic histories.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Lisa Draper works collaboratively with each person to assess their needs, goals, and preferences and to adapt methods so therapy fits the individual rather than the other way around. This partnership helps determine which techniques to prioritize and how to pace the work.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video call, by phone, through live chat, or via text-based messaging - which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, to maintain continuity across locations, and to access licensed professionals when in-person visits are difficult. These options support steady progress while accommodating different communication styles and schedules.