Lisa Waltrip , LPC

Lisa Waltrip is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with six years of experience across community and clinical settings. She has supported clients in roles such as an Integrated Health Specialist and a Clubhouse Unit Leader, helping people build life skills, pursue education or return to the workforce while managing mental health concerns. As a clinician she has worked with both children and adults, applying play therapy techniques and trauma-focused methods to address a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges.

Her training includes coursework in play therapy, Zero Suicide, Trauma Informed Care, and Grief Counseling, and she brings experience working with diverse populations across ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, races, cultures, spiritual beliefs, educational levels, and sexual orientations. Lisa has also worked with individuals who have cognitive impairments or formal mental health diagnoses. She uses a client-driven, strength-based approach that considers family dynamics, existing supports, and unresolved past trauma within a solution-focused therapy framework.

Lisa aims to guide clients toward healing and greater emotional balance so they can pursue meaningful, purposeful lives. The sea turtle emblem she chose for her practice and Inner Peace Health Center reflects values of longevity, grounding, emotional strength, and calm in the face of intense feelings. She typically works Monday through Friday from 7 to 5 and requests 24 hours to respond to messages, noting that communications sent Friday afternoon through Monday morning will be returned on the next work day.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Lisa Waltrip draws from evidence-informed approaches to help clients build resilience and navigate difficult experiences. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and developing practical skills to live a meaningful life despite difficult thoughts or feelings - it can be helpful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and collaboration, offering a supportive space for clients to explore their goals and self-understanding. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing and integrating traumatic memories and reducing the ways trauma affects daily functioning, which is useful for survivors of abuse, violence, and post-traumatic stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Lisa works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts treatment as progress unfolds. This collaborative planning helps clients feel involved and empowered in their care.

Online therapy with Lisa is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility to meet clients where they are. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity of care during life transitions, while still working with licensed professionals to address emotional and behavioral concerns.