Lisa Poore, MS, LPC, CPCS, Director

If you are looking for a therapist who shares your deep faith in God, you don't have to sacrifice clinical expertise to find it. This is a space where your faith and spiritual practices meet the best of modern psychology, the science of how we heal, and practical, proven tools that actually work. If that is what you've been searching for, you're in the right place. I would love to walk alongside you in this journey.

While every story is unique, many of the clients who sit on my couch share a common, wearying thread. See if any of these sound like the weight you’ve been carrying lately:

• Are you waking up with a familiar, low-level dread before you’ve even opened your eyes, your mind already racing through your to-do list?

• Do you keep it completely together at work or at home, only to collapse at the end of the day because your nervous system has nothing left to give?

• Are you exhausted from carrying the heavy weight of a difficult childhood, abuse, or past trauma into your everyday life, feeling like your body is stuck in a non-stop survival mode?

• Have you quietly lost your joy in life, feeling a deep fatigue and numbness that you can't seem to shake, even though you love the Lord with all your heart?

• Are you worn out by the exhausting loop of hidden, intrusive thoughts and the constant pressure to do or think the "right" thing just to find a brief moment of peace?

• Are you exhausted from feeling like your body is 'on' all the time, tired of just trying to manage a chronic condition and a cycle of pain or flare-ups that leaves you with nothing left for yourself or the people you love?

When anxiety, depression, or chronic pain become your closest companions, waves of emotion can break through the carefully crafted facade you present to the world. You might pretend you're close to God and doing just fine, but in reality, you struggle to believe His promises actually apply to you. 

I know you want to be fully present each day and deeply connected to those you love, but you are stuck in your head, constantly managing responsibilities, navigating past pain, or riding mood swings you just can't seem to control. It is hard to experience peace when you are living in a constant battle with your mind and body.

If you see yourself in these words, I want you to know there is hope for real relief. True healing happens when we honor your whole story—mind, body, and spirit. That’s why my approach brings together advanced clinical therapies and spiritual practices to help you build the capacity to carry life's challenges with a deeper connection to God along the way.

Areas of Expertise

I work with children, teens, and adults across all of the following areas, tailoring my approach to meet the unique developmental and emotional needs of every age group:

Therapy for Anxiety Disorders

Whether I am working with a child, a teen, or an adult, I teach my clients that overcoming anxiety is about so much more than just doing breathing exercises. Anxiety is inherently future-focused; it constantly focuses on the "bad thing" it says is going to happen next. And in my experience, anxiety rarely shows up on its own.   Underneath the racing thoughts and the worst-case scenarios, there is often an old wound or a past hurt your nervous system is still trying to protect you from.

Real progress comes from learning to separate who you are from the loud, intrusive "voice" of anxiety, while also gently addressing what’s underneath it.  I help clients of all ages recognize that anxious voice, notice it without panicking, and gently turn away from it.   Instead of running away, we learn to face the hard things. We’ll address the root instead of just managing the symptom.  Using ERP, ACT, and EMDR, we work at both levels: quieting the voice and healing what it's protecting, so that anxiety naturally begins to loosen its grip over time.

Therapy for Depression & Bipolar Disorder

Depression rarely shows up as sadness. More often, it feels like flatness, where you are going through the motions of a life you used to feel something in. It can feel like a fog you can't think your way out of, a fatigue that sleep doesn't touch, or a quiet numbness that makes even the people you love feel far away. 

And for the parents of a teen who is struggling with depression, that anger and disconnect you feel is palpable. 

For some, it also comes with real swings, stretches of high energy and momentum followed by a crash that takes everything out of you.

To break this cycle, I use practical, neuroscience-backed strategies where small, intentional changes create real momentum. We identify the negative thinking patterns keeping you stuck, set realistic goals for movement and daily structure, and understand how taking different actions, even small ones, actually builds new neural pathways. Slowly, we retrain the brain to spark an upward spiral instead of a downward one. 

Treating bipolar disorder is a distinct specialty of mine that I have focused on for over 20 years, an expertise that is rare to find in private practice. I work closely alongside your psychiatric care to build clinical stability, track complex patterns, and protect the biological rhythms of sleep, structure, and routine that keep your mood regulated.

OCD Therapy for Kids, Teens & Adults

You know the thoughts don't make sense, and that’s the hardest part. Logically, you see that checking the lock or asking for reassurance won't change anything, but not doing it feels unbearable. 

For parents, it is heartbreaking to watch your child or teen get caught in these loops, often accommodating the rituals just to bring them temporary relief. 

For many of my Christian clients, OCD doesn't show up as checking locks; it shows up as scrupulosity. It looks like re-confessing something you already confessed. Replaying a prayer because you're not sure you meant it sincerely enough. Questioning whether something you did was sin and if it now means that you lost your salvation.  You've likely been told to "just trust God more," as if you haven't already tried, as if trusting harder were a switch you just haven't found yet. It is not a lack of faith. It's OCD, wearing the language of the thing that matters most to you.

To break this exhausting cycle, I use ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention), the gold-standard, most heavily researched treatment for OCD. ERP is a highly structured, carefully paced process of teaching your brain that uncertainty is survivable, so the compulsions stop feeling necessary. Because of my extensive training in this area, we can also safely integrate faith into your treatment. If your OCD includes religious intrusive thoughts or scrupulosity, we will work through it specifically, without ever dismissing your faith or feeding the compulsion for certainty.

Therapy for Trauma and PTSD

You’ve done a lot of work to get here. You’ve read the books, tried to move on, and named what happened to you. But trauma, whether it stems from childhood hurts, a specific event, or past medical trauma, leaves a deep imprint on your system. You are more than what happened to you, but your body hasn't gotten that message yet. An ordinary tone of voice, a crowded restaurant, or a particular smell can instantly pull your nervous system right back into survival mode.

If you are a parent watching your child or teen struggle after a scary event, or if you are an adult wondering if God was even there when it happened, you need a space where your faith isn't sidestepped. 

I offer a place where we can sit inside both the trauma and the theology without flinching at either. You don't need someone to "fix" you; you need someone to help your brain and body learn, slowly, that you are finally safe. Utilizing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), we work to process these painful memories so they lose their power, allowing you or your child to finally feel safe in the present.

Treatment for Chronic Pain & Illness

You’ve seen the doctors, been handed referrals, and been told in ways subtle and not, that what’s happening in your body might be "in your head." Let me be clear: all pain is real, even when it is produced by a protective brain and an overloaded nervous system. 

God beautifully designed our bodies for safety and connection. But when the brain senses a threat, the sympathetic nervous system activates to protect us. The trouble happens when the brain continues to sense that threat even when none is present. For many people, this prolonged, activated state becomes a significant driver of chronic pain.  

This same process can also contribute to other chronic illnesses such as chronic vertigo and dizziness, fatigue, chronic hives, tinnitus, and fibromyalgia.

Whether you are an adult who is exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix and you're tired of dreading your own body, or you're a parent watching your child or teen navigate these draining physical symptoms, you just want relief. 

To help you find it, I use Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), an evidence-based treatment in which I have advanced training. Through PRT, we work to help the nervous system experience true safety so your brain stops misinterpreting these physical sensations as a threat. We integrate faith into this process by anchoring your nervous system in the truth that God Himself is our ultimate source of safety. There is a version of your life where your body is no longer a scary place to live. We work toward that together, alongside the God who formed your body and has never forgotten it.

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My style of therapy is straightforward, practical, and full of wisdom.

As a self-described science nerd at heart, I love blending cutting-edge neuroscience with deep faith.  After all, God created your brain. I have been practicing for over 35 years and am skilled at blending sound psychological methods with faith, inviting God into the journey through prayer, meditation, and reliance on His strength. And if you don't want faith as a part of your therapy, that is no problem at all; you still get the full depth of my wisdom as a skilled clinician.

If you are ready to stop just surviving and start building the capacity to navigate life from a place of safety and a deeper, more grounded relationship with God, I am ready to walk this journey with you. Click on the button below to schedule your consultation.

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