Lisa Fargnoli, LICSW
Compassionate, practical support for life’s hard moments
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How Lisa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lisa
Lisa Fargnoli is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with more than 22 years of experience in mental health care. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, addictions, and anger. Lisa brings a calm, honest presence to sessions and uses practical tools to help people manage daily challenges.
She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing is used when someone feels stuck and needs to find their own reasons to change. Trauma-Focused Therapy guides work when past hurts affect current life. Sessions are conversational and down to earth.
Lisa uses straightforward questions, reflections, and simple exercises rather than jargon. She often includes mindfulness practices to reduce overwhelm and to build coping skills that fit into a busy day. Clients can expect a respectful, collaborative tone.
Lisa aims to help people identify manageable steps, practice new skills between sessions, and track what’s working. She keeps humor and warmth in the room when it helps move things forward. Lisa works with adults and brings experience across many concerns, including body image, chronic illness, adoption and foster care issues, communication problems, and end-of-life topics.
She is based in Massachusetts and holds an MA and LICSW, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker.
What Lisa works with
Everything Lisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lisa's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Lisa’s approaches work online
Lisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking that make problems worse and to try small behavior changes that lead to relief. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.She also brings Mindfulness Therapy into sessions, teaching simple attention and breathing practices that reduce overwhelm and build tolerance for difficult feelings. These practices can be brief and easy to do between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Lisa will talk with clients about goals and preferences, test what helps, and adjust methods over time. The process is collaborative and focused on practical steps the person can use day to day.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets therapists and clients read nonverbal cues, while phone calls can be better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging offer quick check-ins, brief skill coaching, and an option for people who prefer typed conversation. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules and to practice skills in real life.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Lisa works with many concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and parenting challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm, honest, and interactive, with straightforward conversation, practical exercises, and gentle use of humor when appropriate.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience in the field working across a wide range of clinical concerns and care settings.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds an MA and is a LICSW, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, and she practices from Massachusetts.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She meets with clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.