Lisa Lipari, LCAT

Hi! 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, recognize what is emerging in the present and create a future that feels more like you.

If you choose, 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 identify and work through what brought you here.

We can talk, we can create, or we can sit with whatever is present. The pace and process between us is always co-created. It is through the experience of being truly seen and met by another that lasting change becomes possible.

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.