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Lisa Kuzman, LISW

  • Experience17 years
  • LocationIowa
  • Focus areasADHD, Trauma and abuse, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy
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About Lisa

Lisa Kuzman is a licensed social worker (LISW) with 17 years of clinical experience helping people navigate major life transitions, grief, and workplace challenges. She brings a trauma-informed, person-centered stance to her work, shaping conversations and treatment plans to the particular needs and goals of each client.

Background and approach

Her practice emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while supporting clients through stress, anxiety, and the lasting effects of traumatic experiences. Drawing on approaches that include client-centered work, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, solution-focused techniques, and somatic strategies, she supports exploration of career concerns, self-esteem, and identity issues including LGBT-related concerns.

Lisa also addresses compassion fatigue, ADHD, and varied life-stage topics such as aging, caregiver stress, and end-of-life matters. Her background includes helping people with communication challenges, financial stress, and finding renewed purpose after loss or change.

Based in Iowa and licensed as an LISW, she aims to collaborate with clients who are ready to take steps toward clearer goals and greater resilience. She frames therapeutic work as a partnership, offering practical tools alongside empathic listening to help clients move toward meaningful and sustainable change.

Practical online approaches grounded in presence and choice

Client-centered therapy focuses on creating an accepting space where the client's priorities steer the work; this helps people clarify goals around career shifts, grief, or life changes by centering their experience and values. Mindfulness therapy uses present-moment awareness and simple attention practices to reduce reactivity to stress and support regulation when anxiety or grief feels overwhelming. Motivational interviewing emphasizes collaborative conversation that explores ambivalence and strengthens motivation to pursue concrete changes, which can be helpful for career transitions, habit change, or managing symptoms of ADHD.

Finding the right combination of methods is part of the therapeutic process, and Lisa will work collaboratively to identify which approaches best match a client's needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time so interventions remain practical and relevant as progress unfolds.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule or to maintain continuity during life transitions. These formats allow for regular check-ins, skills practice, and coaching-oriented work between sessions, helping clients apply new strategies in real time while keeping care accessible and convenient.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
Lisa works with a broad range of issues including trauma and abuse, grief, career difficulties, stress, anxiety, ADHD, and compassion fatigue, as well as related concerns like self-esteem and life purpose.
What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?
Her approach is trauma-informed and client-centered, and she incorporates mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused, and somatic techniques to tailor work to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She brings 17 years of professional experience supporting people through grief, career challenges, life changes, and recovery from traumatic events.
What are the therapist's credentials and location?
She holds the LISW credential with license number IA LISW 006892 and practices in Iowa.
Are sessions available in languages other than English or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are offered for therapy?
Clients can connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How does pricing and payment work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Trauma and abuseGriefCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoaching

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTSelf esteemCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCommunication problemsControl issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualityWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

17+ years

Licensed

Iowa

Languages

English