About Lisette
Lisette Diaz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of clinical experience in New Jersey. She works with people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Lisette takes a straightforward, compassionate approach and helps people find practical ways to feel better day to day.
She has worked in community mental health clinics, schools, and medical clinics. That range of settings means she is used to different kinds of problems and different paces of work.
Background and approach
She focuses on family concerns, trauma and abuse, and communication problems while also addressing isolation, social anxiety, and self-love. In sessions Lisette helps clients notice the thoughts and patterns that hold them back. She uses conversation and focused exercises to challenge unhelpful beliefs and build new habits.
Sessions aim to be practical and doable between meetings. Lisette draws on nearly a decade of clinical practice and over two decades in social service work overall. That background helps her understand both immediate struggles and the wider social context that shapes them.
She encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes. Clients can expect a calm, direct style that emphasizes clear steps and homework when useful. Lisette values collaboration and helps people set goals that match their daily life and responsibilities.
If someone is ready to try therapy, she guides them through the next steps to get started.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Lisette uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing thoughts and building new habits. One common method she uses centers on identifying and challenging unhelpful thoughts so clients can reduce anxiety and low mood. This approach breaks problems into smaller, manageable steps and teaches practical skills for day-to-day life.She also integrates trauma-informed ways of working that prioritize pacing and safety while addressing past harm. That approach helps people who have experienced abuse or overwhelming events to process their experiences at a comfortable rate and to regain a sense of control.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Lisette collaborates with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, values, and daily demands. She adjusts strategies over time based on what helps most and on client feedback.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video is useful for a regular talk therapy session, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins, and messaging lets people share updates between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, and family life while keeping care consistent and focused.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English