About Lisa
Lisa Parise is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of practice. Her training background includes a Master of Arts in Social Work from Fordham University. She practices in Virginia and speaks English.
She emphasizes listening to what the body communicates and uses that awareness alongside talk-based work. Her style is calm and direct. She helps people who struggle with depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and addiction-related problems.
She also supports those dealing with identity and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, and challenges tied to past trauma.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be practical and paced to each person’s comfort. In session she draws on somatic approaches, attachment-focused ideas, and practical therapy tools to help people feel steadier in their bodies and relationships. Cognitive-behavioral techniques and elements from dialectical approaches are used when helpful to manage intense emotions and change patterns.
The work balances noticing physical responses with changing thoughts and behaviors. Lisa has experience with a wide range of concerns including gender dysphoria, autism and Asperger syndrome-related issues, communication and family of origin difficulties, and caregiver stress. She also supports people facing emptiness, midlife questions, and substance use struggles.
Her background includes work with trauma-related symptoms and compassion fatigue. Sessions are aimed at helping people make concrete changes while honoring their own pace. Prospective clients are invited to begin by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits their life.
How somatic and attachment approaches work online
Somatic work focuses on noticing bodily sensations and gentle movement to help people feel more present and less overwhelmed. It can help with trauma responses, stress, and patterns that show up as tension or numbing in the body.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations and current connections. This approach helps people understand recurring relationship patterns and practice different ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person leads the pace and topics. This supports people who need validation and steady empathy while they try new coping skills.
Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and what feels manageable in the moment. Plans can shift as needs change.
Online sessions offer flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and allow people to practice grounding and skills in their everyday environments. Licensed professionals can adapt somatic and attachment-based exercises for remote sessions so the work stays practical and accessible.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts, Virginia
- Languages
- English