About Lisa
Lisa Rosario is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of practice in New York. She greets newcomers with warmth and clear steps so the first session feels less overwhelming. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on long experience supporting people with many concerns.
She has worked across a wide range of settings and with many kinds of life challenges. That experience includes stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and ADHD-related concerns.
How Lisa works
She also addresses eating and body image issues, career and self-esteem concerns, and the strain that caregiving or chronic illness can bring. Lisa uses a mix of practical, evidence-based methods in her work. She listens first, asks about what is happening now and what matters most, and helps people set goals that fit their lives.
She then offers tools and exercises that match those goals and the person’s preferences. Sessions begin with questions about history, current difficulties, relationships, strengths, and hopes. Together the therapist and client map a treatment plan that tackles the most pressing problems and builds on personal resources.
This plan is adjusted as progress is made. She also teaches social work at the graduate level and is pursuing doctoral studies. That combination of clinical work and teaching keeps her approach grounded in both real-world practice and ongoing learning.
Many people choose her for clear guidance, steady support, and an approachable bedside manner.
Lisa lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Practical therapeutic approaches that work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and commit to action even when feelings are difficult. It focuses on small steps that move a person toward what matters most and can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers hands-on exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and some eating concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on feelings and attachment between partners or in close relationships and helps people communicate needs and rebuild connection.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, explain options, and try methods that seem to fit. Together you can adjust the plan as you learn what helps most, so the work evolves with your progress.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and exercises. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a quicker check-in. Live chat and text work well for short updates, coaching-style exchanges, or when typing feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
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