Lisa Briggs, LMSW

Lisa Briggs is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with 12 years of professional experience. She focuses on grief, stress, anxiety, self-esteem, and coping with life changes, including work in hospice and end-of-life counseling. She meets people who are managing loss or major changes and who want practical ways to feel steadier day to day.

Her approach treats the client as the expert on their own story. She listens for strengths and past strategies that have helped before. Sessions are directed toward small, concrete steps that reduce immediate distress and build on what already works.

Lisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and to try different ways of responding. She also draws on client-centered work to prioritize the client’s goals and on solution-focused methods to set short-term, achievable targets. Together these approaches aim to create clear actions between sessions.

In practice she breaks issues down into manageable pieces. Conversations often include identifying a problem, testing a new response, and checking what changed. She guides people through grief and stressful transitions with a focus on practical coping skills and realistic next steps.

People who prefer straightforward, structured sessions tend to find this approach useful. Before scheduling, readers should confirm current session options and formats to make sure they match their needs.

How Lisa’s approaches translate to online sessions