About Lisa
Lisa Parise is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience. She practices in Virginia and offers approachable, steady support for people facing hard moments. Lisa speaks plainly and focuses on practical next steps that fit daily life.
Her work begins by listening to what matters most to each person. She pays attention to how relationships and early attachment shape current struggles.
How Lisa works
She also addresses substance use, mood shifts, anxiety, grief, and stress with clear, goal-focused conversations. Lisa blends several therapeutic approaches to meet a person where they are. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to map thoughts and behaviors, Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance, and Attachment-Based ideas to understand relationship patterns.
Mindfulness practices are woven in to help people notice sensations and calm the nervous system. Sessions include practical skills, problem-solving, and room to process painful memories. Lisa supports people dealing with intimacy issues, identity questions, caregiver stress, and family of origin problems.
She also helps with issues like body image, feelings of emptiness, and rebuilding purpose after life changes. Her style is steady, compassionate, and collaborative. She focuses on small, doable steps that build toward change.
To begin, she invites prospective clients to share their concerns and goals so they can shape a plan together.
Lisa lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Lisa works with
The areas below are the ones Lisa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Attachment-based work helps people understand how early connections affect current relationships. Online sessions can be used to look at patterns, name what feels familiar, and practice new ways of relating that feel safer and clearer.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It often includes clear exercises and homework, which adapt easily to video or messaging formats and can be reviewed together between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, provides concrete tools for managing intense emotions and reducing self-destructive behaviors. Skills in distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness can be taught and practiced during calls or via written exchanges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and style. That choice can shift over time as progress and challenges emerge.
Online therapy offers flexibility to fit care into busy lives. Video calls approximate face-to-face sessions, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets people reflect in writing. These options make it easier to keep continuity and practice skills between meetings.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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