Lisa Herman

Lisa Herman is guided in her work by Jean Kerr’s line, “Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn’t permanent.” That sense of possibility shapes her approach to therapy and motivates her to help people reconnect with hope when it feels lost.

She works collaboratively with clients to restore hopefulness and to make life changes that serve their goals. Lisa focuses on helping people develop coping skills so they can manage stress and conflict and live more productively. She believes supportive therapeutic relationships are an important foundation for meaningful change.

Lisa emphasizes the value of exploring thoughts and noticing how they influence feelings and behavior. Through that process clients can learn to shift their reactions - even when external circumstances cannot be changed - and build new responses that feel more effective. She provides a supportive, non-judgmental space for that work.

Lisa is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in the Chicago area, holding an LCSW license in Illinois (IL LCSW 149010009). She has 19 years of clinical experience and works with individuals, couples, and families. Over the years she has supported people facing depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting challenges, life transitions, career difficulties, obsessive-compulsive concerns, and attention-deficit hyperactivity issues.

When life creates moments of being stuck or uncertain, Lisa offers empathetic, collaborative care to help clients move through those times. By identifying and acknowledging current concerns together, she aims to create a trusting environment that encourages self-reflection, challenges unhelpful thought patterns, and fosters positive change forward.