About Lisa
Lisa Moranz is a licensed clinical social worker in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and mood struggles. She works with people coping with trauma, grief, addiction, and relationship or intimacy problems. Lisa aims to make therapy practical and straightforward so people can feel steadier in daily life.
She uses a mix of body-focused and talk-based methods. Somatic approaches help people notice how stress shows up in the body.
Background and approach
Cognitive and skills work address unhelpful thoughts and coping patterns. Attachment ideas look at how early relationships shape current trust and closeness. Sessions are conversational and grounded.
Lisa listens for what matters most, then offers exercises and small experiments clients can try between meetings. She also uses emotion regulation skills drawn from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when intense feelings become hard to manage. Lisa brings 12 years of clinical experience and a longer history in human services to her work.
She holds the LCSW credential, New York LCSW 092173-01, and draws on that background to tailor practical tools to each person’s situation. Therapy can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Many people find the mix of body awareness, thought work, and skills training helps them make steady progress.
If someone prefers a slow, exploratory pace or a more skills-focused plan, Lisa adapts to fit their needs.
How somatic and skills-based methods work online
Somatic work focuses on how stress and emotion show up in the body. In online sessions this means learning simple awareness practices, breathing, and movement cues that help reduce tension and ground the nervous system. These techniques can be useful for people dealing with trauma, anxiety, or overwhelm.Client-centered therapy centers on the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects back what is noticed, and helps the client find their own solutions. This approach supports people who want a respectful, collaborative space to sort through feelings and choices.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of thinking and acting. Online CBT often includes short exercises and homework that fit into daily life, useful for anxiety, depression, and mood challenges.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Plans can shift over time as the person notices what helps most.
Online formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging make therapy more flexible. These options let people meet from home, check in between sessions, and choose the pace that fits their schedule. That flexibility can make it easier to keep practicing new skills and stay consistent with therapy.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Somatization
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English