Lisa Vanek is a licensed social worker. Lisa enjoys working with children, adolescents, and young adults, 8-24 year olds and specializes in depression, anxiety disorders and ADD. Lisa enjoys working with adults who are facing relationship/life stress, adjustment issues, grief/loss and trauma. Lisa brings care, compassion and genuine concern into the counseling room and wants to encourage and support you on your journey.

Lisa has a passion for walking alongside individuals in the difficult moments of life as they seek renewed hope and healing. Lisa has a strong Christian faith and is able to incorporate faith and Biblical principles, when desired, into the therapeutic process.

Lisa has spent 15 years working with survivors of homicide, interpersonal violence, sexual assault, and childhood physical and sexual abuse in the criminal justice system. Lisa also has experience providing home-based case management and therapy services, parenting education and support, and school-based therapy. Lisa is trained in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and can use this intervention to treat trauma.

Lisa earned her Bachelor of Social Work from Ball State University in 1996 and her Master of Social Work from Indiana University in Indianapolis in 2001. Lisa Vanek is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) in the State of Indiana and is under the supervision of Lisa Franklin, LCSW.