About Lisa
Lisa Rosario is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience based in New York. She speaks English and Spanish and brings a long career in social work to her practice. She aims to make first steps feel manageable and straightforward for people seeking help.
Lisa was born and raised in New York as a first-generation Puerto Rican Latinx. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Antioch University and a graduate degree from New York University.
Background and approach
She has taught as an adjunct professor at Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work for several years and is beginning a doctoral candidacy. Her background includes work in many settings with a wide range of concerns. These include stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, eating concerns, ADHD symptoms, caregiving strain, and career or life transition challenges.
She also addresses topics such as adoption and foster care, attachment issues, blended family dynamics, body image, chronic illness, and coping after disaster. In sessions she starts by asking questions to understand current struggles and history. Conversations cover symptoms, relationships, strengths, and goals.
From there she and the person develop a plan that targets the most pressing problems and practical next steps. Lisa uses several therapeutic approaches to guide her work and adapts methods to fit each person’s needs. She emphasizes collaboration and clear discussion of options so people can choose a path that feels right.
Her bilingual ability makes it possible to offer therapy in either English or Spanish.
Approaches That Guide Online Sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice strong feelings and choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes by teaching acceptance and committed action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems to build practical coping skills. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people express emotions and strengthen connections when relationship or intimacy issues are central.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss these options and decide collaboratively based on your goals, needs, and what feels most comfortable. Sessions can blend methods so the plan reflects what actually helps you in day-to-day life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is good for a face-to-face feel, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat supports quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to follow a consistent plan over time.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Lisa commonly address?
How would you describe her therapy style?
What is her professional background?
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Which languages are supported in sessions?
How are therapy sessions delivered?
How is cost handled for sessions?
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish