Lisa Lipari, LCAT

We move through the world shaped by our early experiences, personal and societal relationships. What’s been internalized along the way, is often present, and shows up in how we relate to others, and to ourselves.

My name is Lisa . I am a Licensed and Registered-Board Certified Art Therapist with advanced training in contemporary psychoanalysis.

I work within a psychodynamic, relational frame, that is depth-oriented and trauma-informed. The experience of relating to others, including each other right there in the room, can become a meaningful part of the process- that is ongoing, co-created, and accountable. We are not just pulling on weeds from the past, we are there to understand the roots, recognizing what is emerging in the present and creating a future that feels more like you.

Curious about therapy having more opportunity to be experiential? In Art Therapy through graphic (symbolic/visual) and plastic (sensory/pre-verbal) expression, what you might create in session is a means to access parts of yourself that can be hard to reach with words alone. Creating starts with the body and the senses, accessing implicit memory- the felt, sensory experiences that words cannot easily reach. Together, how we explore both your process and the content of what you create, can increase your ability to articulate, identify and work through what brought you here.

I have over 10 years experience with serious and persistent mental illness, complex trauma, substance use, grief, anxiety, and depression with adults and adolescents.

Lisa is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), Registered-Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) with ongoing advanced training in contemporary psychoanalysis through The Institute for Expressive Analysis. She graduated from Hofstra University with her Masters in Creative Arts Therapy in 2016 and has been largely practicing in hospital and jail settings.