Lisa Moranz, LCSW

Lisa Moranz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and challenges with self-esteem and motivation. Her approach emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person's knowledge of their own life, helping clients identify strengths and build skills to move toward a more fulfilling and resilient life.

Lisa helps clients process difficult losses, cope with complex trauma, and address relationship and family concerns including intimacy and parenting struggles. She also supports those dealing with addictions, mood disorders, bipolar symptoms, anger, and the transitions that come with major life changes. Her practice includes attention to attachment-related issues, feelings of emptiness or isolation, codependency, and communication difficulties.

Clients can expect a supportive, strengths-based relationship in which Lisa combines evidence-informed methods with a client-centered stance. She values the courage it takes to begin therapy and offers steady, practical support as clients set goals and practice new ways of coping and relating. Lisa provides services in English and works with adults in New York.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Lisa integrates Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and EMDR into her work in ways that align with each client's needs. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and helps clients develop more secure ways of relating and coping, useful for intimacy, family, and attachment concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress, offering practical tools for daily life. EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that supports processing painful memories and reducing their emotional impact, which can be helpful for post-traumatic stress and unresolved traumatic experiences.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Lisa collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and pace. She adapts techniques as trust builds and priorities evolve, aiming for a fit that feels helpful and sustainable.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to access licensed professionals from their own environment and on schedules that work for them. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, adjust session formats when life changes, and engage in therapy in ways that feel most comfortable.