About Lisa
Lisa Alleva is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She supports clients facing relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at making the first step feel manageable for a worried parent reading on a phone.
She creates an open space where thoughts and feelings can be named without fear of judgment. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear talk rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Lisa encourages small changes that add up over time and tailors her approach to each person’s situation. With 24 years of experience, she draws on long practice helping people navigate painful events and tense relationships. That experience shapes a calm, steady presence in sessions and a focus on realistic goals.
Lisa aims to help people build coping skills and clearer communication habits that fit everyday life. Her work often centers on learning tools to reduce anxiety, managing the lingering effects of trauma, and handling grief in humane ways. She invites clients to set the pace and brings practical strategies to use between appointments.
Lisa’s goal is to support and empower people as they move toward a more fulfilling life. Sessions are offered in English and she practices in Florida, and she is available to work with international clients as well. The approach is collaborative and grounded in concrete steps clients can try between meetings.
Practical approaches for online anxiety and relationship care
Lisa uses straightforward, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills people can use right away. One common approach emphasizes learning coping skills for anxiety and stress such as breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to feared situations; these tools help reduce immediate distress and build confidence over time.Another frequent focus is improving communication and problem-solving in relationships by practicing clear expression, active listening, and setting healthy boundaries; this helps reduce recurring conflicts and increases understanding between people. She also applies methods to process trauma and grief in paced, manageable steps so memories and loss can be faced without becoming overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust as progress is made. This collaborative process helps choose techniques that feel useful rather than forcing a single way of working.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or the camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between appointments or use shorter exchanges when that better fits a schedule. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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