About Lyza
I knew from a young age I was going to do this kind of work. I was the one people came to, the listener, the one who wanted to understand not just what happened but why, what it meant, and what it felt like from the inside. That desire to uplift, to help people feel good about who they are, has never left me.
What I have found over two decades of working with women is this: women give themselves out of love. As daughters, mothers, sisters, partners, we pour into the people we love and the families we are building or longing for. That is one of the most beautiful things about us. And it is exactly why staying connected to ourselves matters so much. Because when we are well, truly well, we love better, show up more fully, and give from a place of strength rather than depletion.
My life has not been without difficulty. I know what it means to face challenges that reorder your sense of self, to navigate fear and uncertainty, and to come through it. I think that is part of why I can sit with a woman in the hardest moments of hers without looking away.
Outside of work, family is everything to me. I have been married for twenty two years and we have raised a daughter together who I am incredibly proud of. You will find me cooking with 90s hip hop playing, taking walks, and reading to wind down. Makeup art is a serious creative outlet, and anyone who knows me will tell you that.
I feel genuinely privileged to do this work. Every single day.
Approach and Background
I hold a Master of Social Work from Boston College and am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Massachusetts with over 15 years of clinical experience specializing in women's mental health. I have completed advanced training in perinatal mental health through Postpartum Support International, along with trainings in Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, and Compassion Focused Therapy.
My approach is integrative and above all person-centered and strengths-based. The frameworks I draw from, Internal Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, and Compassion Focused Therapy, each bring something distinct to the work. IFS helps us understand the parts of you that are driving certain patterns and reconnect with the Self beneath them. CBT and ACT work with the thoughts, beliefs, and meaning-making that keep you stuck, and help you build a life oriented around what actually matters to you. Interpersonal Therapy addresses the relationship shifts and life changes most closely tied to how you are feeling. And Compassion Focused Therapy matters especially for women who have spent years being harder on themselves than they would ever be on anyone else. Learning to turn toward your own experience with warmth is not a soft add-on to this work. For many women it is the work. Together these frameworks give us a full picture of what you are carrying and multiple ways to move through it.
