Lisa Fix, LCPC

Lisa Fix is an Illinois-licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 33 years of experience who brings a long history of practice and personal insight to her work. Drawn to the helping professions by her upbringing, she has also completed her own therapeutic work and uses that perspective to inform compassionate, practical care.

Her clinical background includes practice in a community mental health agency, a hospital-based eating disorders treatment program, and a university counseling center. She integrates a range of evidence-informed methods to tailor treatment to each person - including Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Lisa works with a broad spectrum of concerns, addressing stress and anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, eating and food-related issues, depression, addictions, LGBT and family matters, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related challenges, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem issues, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. She also focuses on avoidant and dependent personality patterns, body image, communication problems, divorce and separation, family-of-origin issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive patterns, panic and panic attacks, postpartum depression, and social anxiety.

Her approach is described by others as caring, non-judgmental, and helpful. She aims to ensure people feel heard and supported while moving at a pace that feels comfortable. Lisa’s style is personal and relaxed, and she offers direct feedback and constructive challenges when clients are ready for that work. She encourages prospective clients to ask questions and to interview a therapist to determine fit. Outside of her professional life she enjoys exercise, being outdoors and gardening, coffee and chocolate, time with companion animals, watching funny videos, and staying engaged with social justice issues.