Mrs. Lisa Christine Knight LICSW

Counselor/Therapist | Mental Health

2180 Mendon Road Suite 21 Cumberland RI, 02864 Show map

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Ms. Lisa Knight, LICSW is a top Social Worker/Therapist, practicing in northern RI, as well as serving clients from nearby Massachusetts. With a passion for the field and an unwavering commitment to their specialty, Ms. Lisa Knight LICSW is an expert in changing the lives of their patients for the better. Through their designated cause and expertise in the field, Ms. Lisa Knight, LICSW is a prime example of a true leader in behavioral health care. As a leader and expert in the field, Ms. Lisa Knight LICSW, is passionate about enhancing patient quality of life. She embodies the values of communication, safety, and trust when dealing directly with her clients. In RI and Massachusetts, Ms. Lisa Knight LICSW, is a true asset, providing dedication to the field of behavioral health and to her profession as an outpatient therapist.

REVIEWS:

Jun 10, 2022, after counseling with Lisa for one month: "Though we've only been working together a relatively short time, Lisa has been a valuable resource in giving me some process and perspective through which to view my past and present experiences. I'm looking forward to continuing to work with her."

Nov 30, 2021, after counseling with Lisa for 3 months: "Lisa is very knowledgeable and I feel as though she doesn't just help me find what I need, but she also teaches me a lot about mental health and interpersonal relationships overall.

Dec 19, 2020 after counseling with Lisa for 2 months: "Lisa was excellent! I especially loved her gentle, educational approach to counseling. She makes mental health feel accessible and positive. I highly recommend her!"

Nov 09, 2020 after counseling with Lisa for 3 months: "Lisa is a supportive, friendly, and solution-focused therapist who has been absolutely fantastic throughout my experience with her. Starting and Leaving each session with a goal to work on for the week was super helpful and allowed me to focus on manageable bits of the problem I was facing. Thank you Lisa!"

Oct 06, 2020 after counseling with Lisa for 3 months: "I’ve really enjoyed working with Lisa! She always provides a great perspective and great advice and suggestions. I find myself applying her suggested strategies and reminding myself of her positive self affirmations throughout the day. Its all been so helpful in grounding myself through anxiety and stressful moments!"

Sep 23, 2020 after counseling with Lisa for 1 month: "Lisa was very helpful in teaching me techniques to better handle stress triggers throughout daily life. She also blended her understanding of behaviors that are rooted from early childhood experiences, and how to recognize what is referencing them even in adulthood. I am very grateful to what I have learned from Lisa, and will continue to practice what I gathered from it throughout my life."

Education and Training

Rhode Island College Masters of Social Work 2009

Provider Details

Female English

Mrs. Lisa Christine Knight LICSW

Mrs. Lisa Christine Knight LICSW's Expert Contributions

My Answers

What helps with both anxiety and depression?
Anxiety and depressive symptoms can often co-exist. When someone experiences anxiety, they may also feel sad, ashamed, have low self esteem due to their own anxiety symptoms and due to their struggle in trying to find ways to manage the anxiety. If this is the case, CBT strategies can often be helpful to manage the anxiety and depressive symptoms, to enable clients to engage in realistic and rational thinking about themselves, others, and the world. Learning and routinely practicing diverse coping skills to manage the anxiety and depression can also be helpful. READ MORE
How long is the treatment for anxiety?
Treatment varies in time and progress, from person to person, despite age. If meeting weekly, some individuals have done well in only 2 months, and some made need more than 6 months to a year, or even over a year. The average time in psychotherapy is said to be 3 to 6 months. Client motivation, committment, readiness for change, acceptance, severity of symptoms and stressors, and available supports can contribute to, as well as impact progress. READ MORE
How long is the treatment for depression?
Treatment varies greatly in time and progress, from person to person, despite age. If meeting weekly, some individuals have done well in only 2 months, and some make need more than 6 months to a year, or even over a year. The average time in treatment is said to be 3 to 6 months. Client motivation, committment, readiness for change, acceptance, severity of symptoms and stressors, and available supports can contribute to and also impact progress. READ MORE
What methods are there to fix anxiety?
Decreasing and stabilizing the anxiety, is often the goal through use of therapeutic interventions and coping skills, which are determined after clinical assessment with a mental health provider. Moments of anxiety in life are not something that can be completely eliminated for any individual, as vulnerability is not an option. Emotions are thought of as temporary, that surface when triggered, and it is how the person may cope and adapt overtime when triggered, that may improve or worsen the feeling of anxiety. An assessment with a mental health provider can be helpful, to determine trigger sources, issues that contribute to the anxiety, and to next develop strategies that may need to be worked on, to decrease and indepedently manage the symptoms. READ MORE
Can counseling help with anxiety?
Counseling can be very helpful to reduce and stabilize anxiety. Various therapeutic interventions, tools and resources are often part of the treatment plan, and to be worked on, to help one independently decrease and manage their anxiety. READ MORE
What can you do for a child with severe anger issues?
Appropriate assessment and diagnosis for the child, with a mental health professional, will be the first step needed to determine the source of anger and interventions necessary for the child. This could vary from community or home based therapy or an intensive program for the child, depending on the severity of the child's anger. The age of the child, developmental, medical and cognitive issues, multiple environmental factors, family dynamics, must all also be assessed to determine appropriate therapeutic treatment and interventions. READ MORE
What kind of therapy can fix depression?
Assessment and diagnosis of the type of depression, and its severity, will need to be conducted, to determine appropriate therapeutic treatment and interventions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and intervention exercises related to self compassion, gratitude journaling, having healthy boundaries for the self and others, building and maintaining genuine and supportive connections, and self awareness of potential self sabotaging behaviors, are some examples of the types of therapy and interventions, that can assist in treating depression. Other alternatives include medication management, intensive partial day program treatment, hospitalization, depending on the severity of depressive symptoms. READ MORE
What treatment is the most effective for anxiety disorder?
CBT, otherwise known as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been shown to be the most effective treatment for anxiety disorders. This treatment often consists of understanding and recognizing one's own cognitive distortions, as well as learning to debate reality, as displaced fears and/or tendency to self sabotage, may be occurring. Skills related to engaging in more realistic thinking may also be worked on. However, there are many different strategies and interventions in which counseling can assist in reducing anxiety, as no one method fits everyone. Root causes of the anxiety would also need to be explored and addressed to further understand the anxiety and its trigger sources, such as possible underlying trauma, to further inform the therapist of the most suitable interventions to use with the client. READ MORE
What is the quickest treatment for depression?
Therapists and other treatment providers are not magicians, and any results wanted in treatment can only occur from ongoing client investment, commitment, acceptance and motivation for change. The persistency and severity of depressive symptoms, will need time to achieve results, if the symptoms have been long term and/or severe. Adherence to medication, if prescribed, as well as the follow through of recommended coping tools and strategies, can also further assist in successful recovery from depression. There is no time table or quick fix that can be provided as everyone is unique and different in their needs. The typical therapy process averages 3 to 6 months. However, some may need more than 6 months, or even more than a year, due to the severity and persistence of depression, and other possible symptoms or issues. Some individuals may do well in only 2 months, due to minor, short term experience of depressive symptoms, combined with their motivation and investment in treatment. READ MORE
Is psychotherapy necessary for schizophrenia?
Once the client is stabilized, psychotherapy will be necessary to enable the individual diagnosed with schizophrenia to work on emotions, enhance motivation, as resistance and avoidance, in multiple areas of functioning, can be common. Psychotherapy alone will not be a sufficient form of treatment as medication management with a psychiatrist will need to continue, combined with case management support to monitor and encourage practice of medication compliance, as well as daily living and coping skills. Time, patience, and genuine support for the individual, will also be needed. READ MORE
Can psychotherapy fix anxiety?
Yes, when there is readiness and committment for change by the client, engaging in psychotherapy can assist with reducing anxiety READ MORE
Can psychotherapy treat bipolar?
Client motivation and committment to treatment can create change. In the therapy process, internalized emotions, any unhealthy ingrained patterns of thinking and/or behaviors, such as avoidance and resistance, out of fear/anxiety or depressive symptoms must be addressed, unlocked and replaced with new ways of thinking and healthy living. Medication management alone will not be sufficient unless the above is treated, worked on and progress and change is in place. READ MORE
Can psychotherapy make you worse?
Discussing stressors, triggers and distressful events during the therapy process may at times bring moments of sadness or depression, as well as anxiety. The prolonged frequency and intensity of such feelings and related thoughts, can potentially worsen symptoms. However, many therapists can be supportive of clients and can provide clients with therapeutic tools, so the thinking styles related to "dwelling in the past", do not further trigger a worsening of symptoms. How frequently an individual may think about the past or into the future can trigger either depression or anxiety. In this case, mindfulness based approaches may be helpful to assist in managing the symptoms, to avoid the worsening of symptoms. READ MORE
Can counseling help with schizophrenia?
Treatment for schizophrenia often requires an intensive level of care with multiple providers all involved, such as a psychiatrist, therapist and case manager, to monitor the client's multiple areas of functioning. Therapy will also be helpful when the client is motivated and committed for change. READ MORE
Does CBT help with PTSD?
Trauma focused CBT can be helpful if there are thought processes related to internal self abuse, unrealistic or unhealthy thinking, to enable the individual to eliminate negative thoughts about the self and/or self sabotaging behaviors. READ MORE
Is counseling effective for depression?
Counseling can be an effective form of treatment when clients are motivated and invested to learn and practice new skills to help eliminate the depression. READ MORE
What is the therapy for negative thoughts?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is often the type of therapy that may be utilized to help decrease negative thinking. It also helps to understand different types of distorted thinking styles that may be occurring such as through frequently making assumptions, magnifying a situation, predicting the worst, overgeneralizing that each situation will happen similarly, or mind reading others, ect., so that way the thinking can be transferred to a more realistic form of thinking. If any negative thinking styles consists of self abuse, or internalized negative messages to the self, CBT may be utilized to debate reality for the individual to help identify strengths, facts and other healthy alternatives. READ MORE
Can cognitive therapy help with major depressive disorder?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be assistive with decreasing depression. The way an individual may think about themselves, the world, and others, at times can trigger negative feeling states. Overtime, the frequency of this negative or irrational thinking about the self can develop into beliefs, that may not be valid or true. In turn, feelings of sadness, low self esteem, self doubt can emerge for the individual. Seeing a therapist that can help you identify distorted and negative thinking patterns, and assist you in debating reality with the use of various CBT interventions, can be helpful so you can find your true worth and self. READ MORE
What are the treatment plans for anxiety?
Treatment plans for anxiety are diverse and vary in intervention. Understanding the core issues and triggers to anxiety are important to investigate in therapy, to determine the best approach or treatment plan. If one has frequent physical symptoms when anxious, belly breathing is useful. If one is highly distracted, emotionally overwhelmed, possible grounding techniques, mindful coping skills , or DBT may be helpful. If one is engaging in negative thought processes, CBT and psychoeducation in regards to distorted styles of cognitive thinking are discussed, to enable clients to gain awareness and self identify their own styles of cognitive distortions. Trauma focused therapy or internal family systems therapy can also be a part of the treatment plan if the trauma and anxiety symptoms appears to relate to trauma experiences or family dysfunction. Many other tools and strategies are available and utilized based on client's individual needs. READ MORE
Do children of divorce need therapy?
Hi, it depends on your daughter's age as young children may not be able to understand the process. School age and teenage years appear to be typical ages for therapy engagement when family changes, disruptions and transitions may occur. Some children are able to adjust and adapt well to the divorce process as parents support one another, agree to co-parent together and remain amicable. This in turn can minimize confusion for the child, as well as behavioral and/or emotional challenges. If behavioral or emotional challenges are occurring for the child, therapy is recommended and can occur in individual or family format. READ MORE

Areas of expertise and specialization

Individual oupatient therapy for anxiety, depression, family, parenting, and communication issues. Interventions include CBT, DBT, mindfulness, expressive arts, solution focused and trauma focused therapy, supportive treatment.