Lisa Rosario , LCSW

Lisa Rosario is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience based in New York. She welcomes people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin and speaks both English and Spanish. Her background and perspective come from years of hands-on practice across many settings, and she brings that practical experience into each conversation.

She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and LGBT matters. She also helps with issues like parenting strain, intimacy-related problems, eating and body image concerns, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, and coping with life changes. ADHD, compassion fatigue, and caregiving stress are part of her ongoing work as well.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Early sessions typically cover current struggles, personal history, and what matters most to the person in front of her. Together they set goals and sketch a plan that fits everyday life. Lisa prefers clear steps clients can try between meetings to test what helps.

She trained at New York University for her graduate degree and holds a bachelor’s degree from Antioch University in Ohio. She also teaches as an adjunct professor at Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work and is working toward doctoral candidacy. Those roles keep her practice connected to current ideas and classroom discussion.

People choose her when they want an experienced, bilingual clinician who explains things plainly and helps them make practical changes. Her work tends to blend talk and hands-on skills to address both feelings and behaviors.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to clarify their values and take small committed steps toward them while learning to accept difficult feelings instead of fighting them. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by focusing on what matters most in life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and offers concrete skills to change patterns that cause distress. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping with everyday problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, centers on identifying and shifting emotional responses in close relationships to improve connection and communication.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and daily realities, and then recommend methods that fit those needs. Clients and the therapist decide collaboratively and can adjust the plan as they learn what helps.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video can mirror an in-person visit for deeper conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can support shorter check-ins, and text messaging allows ongoing, brief contact between scheduled sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and stay connected to a licensed professional regardless of location.