Lisa Sabath (she/her)

Anxieties, insecurity, depression, difficult patterns in relationships or work, and problems focusing can be understood and changed, so you have more energy and confidence to devote to living. Become more connected to yourself and others through a specialized process of exploration with a trained professional, and see a difference in your life. A therapist's expertise and experience are very important, but the *key* ingredient of effective therapy is a "good fit" between you and your therapist. If you'd like to meet and see how it would be to work together, I would be pleased to hear from you. Beginning work as a psychotherapist in clinic settings in 1995, I opened my private practice in 2002. I am a NYS and NJ Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. My experience the fields of education and prevention, child and family welfare, community mental health and addiction medicine, all inform my work as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist.

A snapshot of my bookshelves reveals my varied interests – literature, art, film, music, travel, cultures and traditions, science, holistic health / mental health and medicine (with an emphasis on science) and fitness; and of course sociology, psychology and human development throughout the life cycle. It’s great when professional and recreational interests intersect, and I consider myself very lucky to have found work that is so interesting, engaging and enriching. Being a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I don’t share a lot about the specifics of my personal life for publication on the internet. That being said, over many years of being a psychotherapist, I have developed a balance and am able to be myself and real with you without needing to put my life and history in the forefront. If we work together over time, you will get to know a lot about me, as I believe the real person the therapist is, *does* belong in the room. I share thinking and feeling as part of the work.