Lisa Mbriwa

Lisa Mbriwa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with adults coping with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and depression. Lisa also focuses on adoption and foster care, blended family questions, caregiver stress, codependency, and related family challenges.

She began her practice in community-based mental health and has spent years supporting people through a range of life changes. Her background includes work with people involved in foster care and the child welfare system, and additional training in counseling from a Christian perspective when faith is part of the concern.

In sessions Lisa uses a mix of approaches drawn from cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic traditions. She adjusts how she works based on what each person needs, and she talks through thoughts, feelings, and patterns that keep someone stuck. Practical skills and understanding often appear alongside deeper reflection on past and family influences.

People can expect direct conversation about communication, boundaries, and relationship patterns. Lisa helps people name patterns like codependency, control issues, or repeated conflict. She also addresses transitions such as divorce, blended family adjustments, or parenting challenges after adoption and foster placements.

Her practice style centers on straightforward, respectful interaction. To start, clients use the site process to answer a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Fees vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How therapeutic methods translate to online sessions

Lisa combines cognitive-behavioral ideas with humanistic and psychodynamic ways of working. Cognitive-behavioral techniques focus on spotting unhelpful thinking and using practical exercises to change patterns related to anxiety, depression, or relationship conflicts. Humanistic methods emphasize listening to personal values and experiences so clients can clarify what matters to them. Psychodynamic ideas look at how past relationships and family history shape current behavior and relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lisa will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That decision is revisited as work progresses so techniques can shift when needed.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also enables people to work with licensed professionals from their home region while balancing work, caregiving, or other obligations.