About Lisa
Lisa Pintel is a licensed clinical social worker with thirty years of experience in New York. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Her work focuses on building everyday coping skills and clearer thinking during hard transitions.
She keeps sessions practical and straightforward. Lisa helps clients manage panic attacks, reduce social anxiety, and rebuild self-esteem. Conversations aim to turn small insights into useful habits people can use at home.
Background and approach
Her approach blends evidence-based techniques with a warm, collaborative style. She listens first, then outlines clear steps clients can try between sessions. Therapy often includes practicing new responses to difficult situations and checking what works.
Lisa also supports people exploring life purpose, forgiveness, and self-love. These topics are addressed through steady goal-setting and short-term experiments to test new behaviors. The focus is on realistic change rather than quick fixes.
Sessions are paced to match each person’s needs. She uses simple tools for managing panic and anxiety, and she helps parents sort practical strategies for everyday family life. Over time the aim is increased confidence and better day-to-day functioning.
People describe the work as grounded and encouraging. Lisa prioritizes clear communication and concrete progress. She helps people leave sessions with at least one practical step to try before the next meeting.
Evidence-based approaches adapted for online care
Lisa often uses techniques that focus on skills practice and symptom reduction. One common method teaches specific breathing, grounding, and behavioral steps to manage panic attacks and acute anxiety. These tools are brief and can be practiced between sessions to reduce the intensity of panic when it starts.She also draws on approaches that build social confidence and self-esteem through gradual exposure and behavioral experiments. That work involves setting small, achievable goals, trying them in everyday settings, and reviewing what helped or didn’t. This helps people change patterns without overwhelming themselves.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, then try methods that suit the client’s needs. Plans are adjusted over time based on what proves helpful in practice.
Online formats provide flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, follow-up coaching, and ongoing reflection between longer sessions. Together these options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around daily responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English