Lisa Montgomery, LPCC

Kentucky · 16 years in practice

Lisa Montgomery is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 16 years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes.

License and registration

LPCC, Kentucky: 104645 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1952623373 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 16
Languages: English

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About Lisa

Lisa Montgomery is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 16 years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She works with individuals facing trauma, grief, addiction, body image and eating concerns, and people exploring sexuality and identity. Her style is compassionate and straightforward.

She aims to make sessions feel warm and practical for people who are worried or overwhelmed. Lisa blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered work to help people understand their feelings and improve closeness in relationships.

Background and approach

She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness tools to reduce anxiety and manage strong emotions. Sessions are geared toward concrete skills as well as deeper emotional processing. Her background includes long-term clinical experience in Kentucky and a focus on LGBTQ concerns, caregiving stress, adoption and foster care issues, and aging-related challenges.

She supports people dealing with abandonment, codependency, dissociation, and substance use problems. Lisa brings a calm, steady presence and an emphasis on practical steps people can try between sessions. People who come to her often want help with communication, parenting stress, intimacy-related issues, or rebuilding after a breakup or loss.

She works to make goals clear and achievable, and to match the pace to each person’s needs. Lisa encourages a collaborative, respectful approach to change. Therapy with her can include talk work, skill-building exercises, and mindfulness practices.

She guides clients through decision points and helps them find ways to cope with daily pressures while addressing deeper patterns that keep them stuck.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Lisa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Trauma and abuse
Eating disorders
Self esteem
Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Jealousy
Life purpose
Multicultural concerns
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Trichotillomania
Young adult issues

Approaches Lisa names

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Online support

Therapy approaches and online options that fit your life

Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on identifying and working with emotions that shape relationships and personal patterns. It helps people understand strong feelings and how those feelings affect connections and self-worth. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, supportive relationship where the person leads the pace and goals of the work. It is useful for building self-understanding and trust in therapy.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits. Each approach targets different needs, and the therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and what feels comfortable.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more reachable. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, writing through thoughts, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, help people fit therapy into busy lives, and make it easier to keep regular contact with a licensed therapist.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she address?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, eating and body image issues, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, ADHD, and related challenges.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is warm and straightforward, combining emotional exploration with practical skill-building so people leave sessions with tools they can use day to day.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 16 years of experience working with a range of concerns and life transitions in clinical settings in Kentucky.

What are her credentials and location?

She holds the LPCC credential and practices in Kentucky as a licensed professional clinical counselor.

Which languages are supported and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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