Lisa is a dedicated social worker who sees her clients as experts in their own lives. Passionate about health, wellness, holistic healing, trauma-focused approaches, advocacy, and empowerment, she has been on the path of discovering her own healing journey.
Lisa received an MSW, Clinical Practice with Families and Children Specialization, from Monmouth University, where she was nominated for the Heart of Social Work Award. Lisa received a Bachelor of Arts in Health and Physical Education from Kean University, and an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts from Ocean County College, where Lisa returned to study science (nursing track). Additionally, Lisa studied skincare at Capri Institute, which awakened her passion for health and wellness, and where she was introduced to the healing powers of functional medicine, and holistic, integrative practices such as yoga, massage, acupressure, essential oils, homeopathy, herbs, and nutrition. It wasn’t until her own health struggles that she fully embraced those concepts, and understood the importance of whole-person healing (mind-body-spirit).
Lisa considers multiple theoretical frameworks through a holistic lens. She embraces the therapeutic relationship with
empathy and compassion. She draws techniques from numerous models to individualize each client’s unique needs while providing a safe space. Lisa loves to help people find their voice and authentic self in order to live a congruent life and enjoys helping people of all ages with various concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, substance use, relationship challenges, poverty, narcissistic abuse, and complex trauma.
In her free time, Lisa enjoys reading, spending time outside, walking, traveling, and enjoying quality time with her two sons, her cat “turtle”, friends, and family. Lisa loves exploring the exploding research on neuroscience, mind-body therapies, and somatic components of trauma, thoughts, emotions, and memory, as these are crucial for change and transformation.
“Everyone has a right to have a present and future that are not completely dominated and dictated by the past” – Karen Saakvitne
