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LICSW, LCSW

Lisa Parise, LICSW, LCSW

  • Experience15 years
  • LocationVirginia
  • Focus areasAddictions, LGBT, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Lisa

Lisa Parise is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people navigate grief, addiction, trauma, and mood concerns. She holds credentials as an LICSW and an LCSW and brings a background in mindfulness-informed practices and body-centered work to her clinical approach.

Background and approach

Lisa emphasizes listening to how the body and inner experience signal what needs attention and support. Her style blends evidence-based therapies like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Attachment-Based and Internal Family Systems ideas to explore patterns in relationships and within the self.

That blend allows her to address symptoms such as anxiety, depression, anger, substance use, and compassion fatigue while also attending to issues like attachment wounds, identity and gender concerns, body image, and family of origin patterns. Lisa aims to collaborate with each person to identify strengths and practical strategies for coping with life changes and building emotional resilience.

Practicing from Virginia, she offers a supportive, attentive presence and a pragmatic orientation toward healing. Prospective clients can expect a therapist who values curiosity, mindfulness, and a person-centered focus on what will be most helpful for each individual's goals.

Evidence-Informed Approaches and Online Care

Lisa uses Internal Family Systems to help people notice and dialogue with different parts of themselves, offering a gentle way to address inner conflict, shame, and self-criticism. Attachment-Based Therapy is also part of her work, focusing on how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helping clients develop safer, more satisfying ways of relating.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is usually collaborative; she partners with clients to explore which methods resonate and adjust the plan as needs and goals evolve. That flexible process helps ensure interventions match the person’s priorities and readiness for change.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible and adaptable to different schedules. These formats allow clients to engage in therapeutic work from their own environments while using the approaches above to build skills, process painful experiences, and practice new relational patterns.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Lisa commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, anger, self-esteem, bipolar symptoms, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her work integrates client-centered listening with practical, evidence-based methods such as CBT and DBT, along with attachment-informed and Internal Family Systems perspectives to explore patterns and build coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience in clinical social work supporting people through trauma symptoms, mood concerns, and life transitions.
What credentials and licensure does she hold and where is she based?
She is credentialed as an LICSW and an LCSW with MA LICSW LICSW117563 and VA LCSW 0904015176, and she practices from Virginia.
In which languages can sessions be conducted and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps should someone take to begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

AddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Drug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

Massachusetts, Virginia

Languages

English