Lisa Fargnoli, LICSW

Lisa Fargnoli is a LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) with 22 years of clinical experience who brings a warm, honest, and interactive style to her work. She has extensive experience supporting people living with PTSD, dementia and Alzheimer’s, anxiety, depression, and family or relationship challenges. Lisa emphasizes practical mindfulness skills as a core part of treatment - she is an authorized Oasis trainer and integrates these practices to help soothe mental and physical stress.

Her approach balances compassion with directness, using humor when appropriate to build rapport and ease difficult conversations. Lisa centers collaboration, helping each person identify realistic goals and the next steps toward change. She aims to create a space where clients feel understood and supported, especially during periods of grief, trauma, or major life transition. Seeking change can take courage, and Lisa offers steady support through that process. As she often notes, when optimism is hard to find she will sit with clients through the hard moments and work alongside them toward greater resilience.

She offers services in English and practices from a strengths-based perspective that honors each person’s abilities and hopes. Follow her professional updates on her Instagram page @LisaFargnoliLCSW.

Mindfulness and Trauma-Informed Care Delivered Online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replace them with more effective strategies. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related difficulties and focuses on practical skills and problem solving.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and awareness practices that reduce physiological and emotional reactivity. In Lisa Fargnoli’s practice, mindfulness supports emotional regulation, coping with grief or chronic stress, and grounding after traumatic experiences.

Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the effects of traumatic events using targeted techniques to process memories, reduce symptoms, and restore daily functioning. This approach is suitable for people coping with PTSD, abuse, or other trauma-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Lisa works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors methods accordingly, combining therapies when that best supports progress.

Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or mobility limits and allow continuity of care when attending in-person appointments is difficult. The variety of formats supports different communication styles and can help people engage in therapy in the way that fits their life.