About Lisa
Lisa Carnicelli is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and parenting concerns. Her approach is warm and collaborative, focused on practical steps that fit daily life.
Lisa draws on several therapy methods to match what each person needs. She often uses client-centered techniques to make space for a person's own goals.
Background and approach
She brings cognitive behavioral ideas to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Emotionally-focused work is used when relationship and intimacy issues are central. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-oriented.
Lisa works with clients to set clear, manageable goals and then builds skills to reach them. That can include mindfulness exercises, problem-solving steps, or communication practice for relationship issues. People come to her for many reasons: panic attacks, low self-esteem, parenting stress, career transitions, trauma and abuse, or struggles with identity and belonging.
She also supports those dealing with grief, compassion fatigue, seasonal mood shifts, and complex family dynamics. Her background includes counseling in nonprofit, community, higher education, and independent practice settings. Lisa emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through hard topics and try new ways of coping.
Getting started involves a short matching process and choosing a session format that fits a person’s life. From there she collaborates on a plan that reflects each person’s values and daily realities.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters most to the person. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's pace and priorities, helping them clarify goals and make choices that feel right. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets patterns of thought and behavior by teaching concrete skills. Online CBT sessions often include worksheets, practice tasks, and short exercises to try between appointments. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and shift emotional responses in relationships and close connections, which can be explored through guided conversations and role practice during sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will choose methods to try and adjust them based on what feels most useful over time.
Online formats offer flexibility for fitting therapy into busy lives. Video calls recreate face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone wants to write through a problem. These options let people use therapy in ways that match their schedule and needs.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English