Alisa earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Sacred Heart University and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services. Her interest in this work developed through a combination of lived experience and academic training, shaping her understanding of relationships, emotional patterns, and the ways people adapt in response to life’s challenges.

Alisa’s therapeutic style is relational, grounded, and authentic. She strives to create a space where clients feel emotionally safe, respected, and understood, and where imperfections are welcomed. She shows up genuinely and thoughtfully, bringing her clinical training and, when appropriate, a sense of humor into the work while honoring the courage it takes to engage in therapy. She prioritizes pacing and emotional safety, meeting clients where they are while gently supporting growth.

Together, Alisa and her clients explore relational and emotional patterns with curiosity and care. When appropriate, she offers gentle challenges to support clients in stepping beyond familiar comfort zones while staying alongside them so they feel supported and less alone. Alisa works with adults, adolescents, and couples navigating anxiety, relational challenges, low self-worth, identity shifts, and life transitions. Many of the clients she supports are seeking to understand themselves in relationships better, break long-standing patterns, and create more meaningful, connected lives.

In her clinical work, Alisa draws from attachment-based, psychodynamic, relational, and trauma-informed approaches, while integrating CBT- and IFS-informed strategies to support both insight and practical change. She believes much of human suffering comes from feeling alone or misunderstood, and her goal is to help clients develop more compassionate ways of relating to themselves and others.

Outside of the therapy space, Alisa enjoys learning, reflecting, and unwinding with a good mystery or engaging story. Between curiosity and mom life, she often has several tabs open at once and brings humor and adaptability to the everyday moments of life.