About Lisa
Lisa Carnicelli is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common life stresses like anxiety, depression, grief, phobias, and relationship problems. Lisa uses clear, practical methods to help people regain stability and make gradual changes.
Her style is warm and collaborative. She aims to build trust and listen first, then work with each person to set realistic goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small steps that fit day-to-day life rather than long lectures or one-size-fits-all plans. Lisa blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to map thoughts and behaviors, Client-Centered Therapy to follow a person’s pace, and Emotionally-Focused ideas when relationships and attachment are central.
Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques are added when helpful for coping and quick problem solving. Typical concerns she helps with include stress, panic attacks, phobias, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, career stress, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. She also supports people facing divorce, blended family challenges, commitment worries, and chronic shame or guilt.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Lisa describes therapy as a partnership: she listens, helps identify strengths, and works with clients to build practical tools that fit their life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Lisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and to build practical skills for managing anxiety, panic, and mood. CBT sessions often include specific exercises and small experiments to try between meetings.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy which emphasizes listening, empathy, and following the client's pace. This helps people feel heard and gradually work through relationship, self-esteem, and grief issues.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lisa discusses goals and preferences with each person and tailors techniques accordingly. That collaborative process helps decide whether to focus on skills practice, emotional processing, or short-term problem solving.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversation time. Phone sessions are useful when lower bandwidth or a hands-free option is better. Live chat and text messaging can be a good fit for brief check-ins, quick coping ideas, or for people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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