Alisa Branch welcomes people who are looking for practical support and clearer ways to cope.
01About Alisa
Alisa Branch welcomes people who are looking for practical support and clearer ways to cope. She uses a warm, interactive style and offers feedback, tools, and tasks clients can try between sessions. Alisa aims to help people feel better about themselves and handle everyday stressors more effectively.
Alisa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Master of Science in Community Agency Counseling from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
Background and approach
She is licensed as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - LCMHC in North Carolina and as a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC in Virginia. She brings 14 years of counseling experience in outpatient mental health settings. Before outpatient work, Alisa spent eight years in inpatient psychiatric care and mobile crisis roles.
She has worked in community mental health agencies, independent practice, and a community medical center. Those roles gave her experience with a wide range of concerns and diagnoses. Her sessions tend to be interactive and solution-focused.
She blends methods such as cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavior techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies. Clients get concrete tools, coping skills, and tailored tasks to practice between meetings. Alisa works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, addiction concerns, ADHD, and related challenges.
She emphasizes practical steps and steady progress. For many people, that combination makes change feel manageable and realistic.
02Credentials
- LCMHC (North Carolina)
- License 8110 · expires June 2026
- LPC (Virginia)
- License 0701008513 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1073751053 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Alisa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Alisa names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Alisa names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Using practical therapies online to build coping skills
Alisa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, and problem-solving for everyday challenges. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication skills for intense emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Then they adapt methods so sessions feel useful and aligned with the client's needs in a collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when internet bandwidth is low or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit quick updates, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Alisa commonly address?
She helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Other common areas include relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, grief, addictions, ADHD, and career-related strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are interactive and practical. She gives feedback, teaches coping skills, and assigns tasks to practice between meetings.
How long has she worked in counseling?
Alisa has 14 years of experience in mental health care, plus eight earlier years in inpatient and mobile crisis roles before moving into outpatient settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a Master of Science in Community Agency Counseling and is licensed as an LCMHC in North Carolina and as an LPC in Virginia. She practices from North Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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