Lisa Westcoat

Lisa Westcoat is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida with 14 years of experience in the mental health and addiction treatment fields. She aims to build a therapeutic relationship that feels safe, accepting, and grounded in respect.

Her approach combines warmth, empathy, and a straightforward style, paired with a sense of humor and a practical orientation to problem solving. She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, compassion fatigue, parenting and family conflicts, anger management, and coping with life changes.

Westcoat has extensive experience addressing substance and process addictions, co-dependency, guilt and shame, and the dynamics that can maintain harmful patterns. She integrates the twelve-step approach when appropriate and helps clients challenge unhelpful beliefs and behaviors that undermine their relationships and wellbeing.

Therapeutically she adapts methods to each person’s needs, drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She believes in tailoring sessions to the individual and supporting people as they make positive, lasting changes.

She is credentialed as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida, holding an LMHC license (MH19506). Seeking help takes courage, and Lisa Westcoat is committed to supporting and empowering clients on their journey toward greater fulfillment and well-being.