Lisa Whiting is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor with over 15 years of experience in the mental health field. Her clinical focus and areas of specialization include Attachment-Focused EMDR, depression, anxiety, attachment wounds, dissociative symptoms, sexual trauma, and chronic and developmental trauma.

Lisa has specialized in Attachment-Focused EMDR, helping individuals understand and heal the lasting impact of experiences that continue to shape relationships, sense of self, emotional wellbeing, and nervous system functioning.

Her work sits at the intersection of trauma, attachment, and the nervous system — grounded in clinical depth and held with warmth, attunement, and a genuine belief in the capacity of people to heal.

Throughout her career, Lisa has worked extensively with children, adolescents, young women, and families navigating complex trauma, attachment wounds, dissociation, anxiety, and the lasting impact of survival experiences.

While much of her work has focused on helping young women heal, she became increasingly aware of the women behind the stories — the mothers, caregivers, professionals, and leaders carrying their own histories of trauma, loss, responsibility, and resilience.

That awareness ultimately led to the creation of Dragonfly Transformational Therapy and a deeper focus on helping adult women engage in the kind of focused, transformative healing that often requires more space than traditional therapy can provide.

She believes that many of the patterns women struggle with today were once intelligent adaptations to experiences they did not have the support, safety, or resources to navigate at the time.

Many women — particularly those who are highly capable, highly responsible, and outwardly functioning — carry stories that have never been given adequate therapeutic space. Women who keep going. Women who hold everything together. Women who are quietly exhausted in ways that weekly, fragmented sessions were never designed to reach.

The intensive model exists because Lisa believes that healing deserves more than the system has traditionally offered.

Her approach integrates Attachment-Focused EMDR with somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, attachment-focused interventions, and parts-oriented work to support healing at the root — rather than simply managing symptoms.

She believes meaningful healing occurs within the context of safety, trust, and authentic therapeutic connection.