About Lisa
Lisa Bentivenga is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of practice. She offers straightforward, down-to-earth support for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and stress. Lisa is based in Florida and speaks English.
Lisa draws on long experience across settings to address many kinds of problems. She helps individuals manage mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and worries that affect daily life. She also supports people exploring sexuality, including questions about kink, polyamory, and sexual function.
Background and approach
Many clients seek her help for relationship strain, family of origin issues, codependency, or the emotional effects of adoption and foster care. She also works with concerns tied to chronic illness, aging, and life purpose. Her approach aims for practical skills you can use between sessions.
Lisa describes her style as approachable and unpretentious. She aims to create a respectful space where people are not judged for identity, relationship choices, or background. Sessions focus on concrete tools, clearer thinking, and steps toward better day-to-day functioning.
To begin, people complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability. Therapy is offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Lisa holds the Florida LCSW license FL LCSW SW11270 and brings nearly two decades of clinical experience to her work.
How Lisa’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Lisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach involves skill-building for managing anxiety and mood problems - teaching breathing, thought-checking, and activity planning to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Another approach targets trauma and post-traumatic stress with gradual processing methods and stabilizing skills to help reduce reactivity and improve coping in everyday life. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try different techniques and adjust the plan based on how well those methods are helping toward concrete goals. Online therapy offers flexibility that many people need. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates between sessions or fit support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to use therapeutic tools in real time.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English