Alisa Branch, LCMHC, LPC

Alisa Branch is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 14 years of experience. She offers an interactive, warm, and accepting style that focuses on practical skills and feedback. Sessions emphasize tools clients can use between meetings to handle stress, improve relationships, and build coping skills.

Branch draws on a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and solution-focused strategies. That variety lets her shift gears when a different tactic will help a client move forward.

Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Master of Science in Community Agency Counseling from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She has worked in outpatient mental health, independent practice, and community medical settings, as well as earlier roles in inpatient psychiatric care and mobile crisis teams.

In sessions she gives direct feedback, assigns focused tasks between appointments, and teaches concrete coping methods. Typical concerns addressed include anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, grief, addiction, parenting challenges, self-esteem, and ADHD-related struggles. She also works with people facing life transitions, caregiver stress, and communication or commitment problems.

Alisa aims to make the first step less intimidating by offering steady guidance and practical tools. Prospective clients in North Carolina can expect straight talk, clear goals, and an emphasis on skills they can use right away.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Alisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often involves clear goals, practical exercises, and homework tasks that can be tracked between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal skills; it can be useful for intense emotions and relationship challenges. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve coping with stress and anxiety.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and current struggles to decide which methods to try first. That decision can shift over time as progress is reviewed and new needs emerge.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-in meetings when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find that doing focused skill practice and homework between online appointments helps carry progress into daily life.