Lisa Hilton, LMSW
Therapist in Michigan
Lisa Hilton is a licensed social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and difficult life moments.
- Licensed inMichigan
- License6801092158
- NPI 1134454598
- Experience20+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Lisa
Lisa Hilton is a licensed social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and difficult life moments. She uses an attachment-informed approach alongside client-centered care to help people feel heard and understood. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings.
Lisa often works with worries about anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. She also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, sleep problems, anger, and feelings of low self-worth.
Background and approach
Her work includes support for people facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, and major life changes. Her style is straightforward and warm. Conversations explore patterns that show up in relationships and day-to-day life.
She blends tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy with emotionally-focused and attachment ideas to reduce distress and build better coping skills. Clients can expect sessions that emphasize clear goals and small, doable steps. Lisa pays attention to how past attachments shape current reactions.
She uses that understanding to help people practice new ways of relating and managing emotion. Based in Michigan, Lisa provides online options so people can connect from different places. She speaks English and has worked with a wide range of concerns over two decades.
Her LMSW credential stands for Licensed Master Social Worker and reflects her social work training.
Credentials
- LMSW (Michigan)
- License 6801092158 · expires October 2027
- NPI
- 1134454598 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lisa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Attachment-informed care and practical online therapy
Lisa uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns affect current emotions and closeness. This approach helps people understand why they react a certain way in relationships and offers steps to build more stable connections. It can be useful for intimacy issues, abandonment fears, and complex emotional reactions.She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening and following each person's goals. This approach creates space for people to set the pace and topics of work. Cognitive behavioral therapy is part of the mix too, offering concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to manage anxiety, mood, and sleep problems.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try interventions, and adjust the plan as needed. Together they decide which methods fit best based on needs, preferences, and how someone responds in sessions.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Chat and messaging are useful for short updates, coping reminders, and when writing helps process thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her work is client-centered and attachment-informed, blending practical techniques from CBT and DBT with emotionally focused methods to address feelings and relationship patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 20 years of clinical experience supporting people through emotional and relational challenges.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is licensed in Michigan as an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker, and practices from that state.
Which languages are offered and can people outside the U.S. connect?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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