Lisa Elliott Schumacher, LPC, CPCS, M.Div. License verification available here
You're not the problem.
Therapy for women in the Macon, GA area and across Georgia via secure telehealth.
You’re exhausted from second-guessing yourself
and trying to make sense of what happened
If you’re navigating narcissistic abuse or toxic dynamics in romantic relationships, family relationships, the workplace, church environments, or experiencing medical trauma you may feel confused, overwhelmed, or disconnected from who you used to be. Therapy for women experiencing these dynamics can help you clear the fog, make sense of what happened, rediscover yourself, and move forward with peace and confidence.
You Might Be Feeling This Way After Narcissistic Abuse
Terrified. Crazy. Unstable. Like you're disappearing a little more every day.
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You've stopped calling people back — not because you don't love them, but because you're afraid of what happens if you say it out loud and no one believes you.
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You may fear for your safety. Or your children's.
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You may wonder if you've lost yourself so completely that there's no way back to who you were.
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Some days the thought is something is wrong with me. Other days it's no — something is wrong with this. And some days it's both, and you don't know which one to trust, or if you're even allowed to trust yourself anymore.
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Your life may feel like it belongs in a movie — the kind you'd never believe if it weren't your own.
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You can't sleep. Can't eat. Your body is keeping score in ways the doctors can't find a name for.
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You may have quietly stopped praying the way you used to — not because you don't believe, but because the words won't come, and you're not sure God is still listening. Or maybe you're praying harder than you ever have, just to make it through the next hour.
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You wonder how your life became this. How you even move — much less move out.
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Whether you'll survive it.
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The question isn't "what's wrong with me." The question is what happened to you, and how it shaped you — and whether the God who saw it happen is still writing the rest of the story.
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If any of this sounds familiar, you're not imagining it, and you're not the first woman to sit exactly where you are right now, wondering if anyone could possibly understand. I do — not just because I've studied it, but because I know it in my bones.
You don't have to explain the parts that don't make sense yet. I already understand. And I'm not going anywhere until you can see yourself clearly again.
How Therapy Helps You Move Forward
Find Your Way Back to Reality
When you've been told your perceptions were wrong for long enough, you stop trusting what you see and feel. Healing starts with reclaiming reality — naming what actually happened, and learning to trust your own experience again.
Move Through Every Stage of Healing
Recovery isn't one breakthrough. It's safety and stabilization first, then facing the ending, the terror, the grief. Then rebuilding. Then learning to live in the world again — even when old triggers show up. You'll have a guide for every stage, not just the first one.
Reconnect With Your Instincts — and Your Voice
Slowly, you'll learn to hear yourself again. Your gut, your needs, your no. For many women, this also means finding their way back to God's voice, after a season where it felt distant or hard to hear.
Forgive Yourself, Keep the Wisdom
One of the hardest parts of healing is forgiving yourself — not the person who hurt you. It's releasing the bitterness while keeping the wisdom: remembering with strength, not reliving with pain.
Build a Future You Can Trust
As your confidence returns, you'll learn to recognize healthy relationships, protect your boundaries, and — if and when you're ready — trust yourself enough to explore connection again.
Whether you're in discovery, trying to understand what's happening to you, or in recovery, trying to make sense of what already happened — you don't have to sort through it in isolation. Healing happens best in community.
Why Women Choose to Work With Me
You won't have to convince me
You don't have to prove what happened was real, or explain why it affected you so deeply. I understand these dynamics — not only through clinical training, but because I've walked this road myself.
I see the whole picture
Healing isn't just about understanding a relationship. It's about safety, trust, grief, and reconnecting with who you are. I spent years as a hospital chaplain in a Level I trauma center, sitting with people through medical crisis, grief, and spiritual doubt — often all at once. That taught me to see the whole picture, not just one thread of it.
You are safe here
Bring the emotional questions, the practical ones, and — if it's part of your story — the spiritual ones too. Anger, doubt, and "why did God let this happen" all have room here. If faith isn't part of your journey, that's honored too.
I specialize in helping women recover from narcissistic abuse and emotionally unhealthy dynamics — in romantic relationships, family systems, the workplace, faith communities, and medical trauma.
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I believe you. I see you. I believe in you.
How I Can Support You
Narcissistic and emotionally unhealthy relationship patterns often show up in multiple areas of life—not just one. That’s why I offer specialized support for each area they impact.
Romantic Relationship Recovery
Healing from toxic or unhealthy relationships so you can rebuild confidence, trust yourself again, and move forward with clarity
Family Relationship Recovery
Healing from complex family dynamics so you can feel more grounded, confident, and secure in how you show up
Toxic Workplace Recovery
Navigating toxic workplace dynamics so you can rebuild confidence and advocate for yourself without second-guessing
Church Hurt Recovery
Healing from spiritual abuse and religious trauma so you can reconnect with God in a safe, authentic, and aligned way
Medical Trauma Recovery
Healing from medical trauma so you can trust your body again and advocate for the care you deserve.
Reach out
Schedule a free consult where we’ll talk through what’s been going on and what kind of support you’re looking for.
Create a Plan
We’ll work together to understand your experiences, identify patterns, and create a personalized approach to your healing.
Start Healing
Begin building self trust, processing what you’ve been through, and feeling more confident in how you move forward.
You don’t have to navigate this alone.
How Therapy Works
Serving Women Across Georgia Through Secure Virtual Therapy
I provide secure telehealth therapy for women throughout Georgia who are seeking support for narcissistic abuse recovery, emotional healing, and relational trauma.
Serving Women Through In-Person Therapy in Middle Georgia and Beyond
In addition to supporting women throughout Georgia via telehealth, I also offer in-person counseling near Macon and work with women from surrounding communities seeking specialized support for narcissistic abuse recovery and relationship trauma.
