Lisa Marie Porter LMHC

Counselor
225 Michigan Ave
Ste 1430
Chicago, Illinois 60601
ADA Accessible
Narrative of Services:

I have had a total of 2,365 direct therapy hours with NOCD working with members with OCD predominantly. Other members have had other anxiety related disorders such as body focused repetitive behaviors such as trichotillomania and excoriation, and anxiety. Some treatment of depression also.

Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders:

Treatment of Depression through the use of Behavioral Activation Therapy and identifying Trigger, Response and Avoidance Patterns and Trigger, Response and Alternative Coping (TRAP and TRAC).

Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and treating this via Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy to address avoidance of circumstances and situations that cause distress.

Treatment of PTSD via Prolonged Exposure Therapy. 10-12 sessions of imaginal exposure processing the index trauma along with the creation of a live exposure hierarchy to address practical and tangible reminders of the trauma.

Training Description:

I have 2 years of experience treating OCD and other related Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors. Trained via the NOCD A

Diversity Statement:

Have experience working with all races and cultural backgrounds
speciality in Christian population

Have completed training in cultural competency via Violet and NOCD Academy.
Cultural competency CEU via CE broker Dec 2022
Cultural competency via Violet late 2023