Genna Lo Presti , LCSW

Genna Lo Presti is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than two decades of clinical experience working with individuals facing trauma, attachment struggles, relationship challenges, and a wide range of mental health concerns. She draws on a broad clinical background that includes psychodynamic, existential, humanistic, cognitive behavioral, strength-based, inner-child and trauma-focused work cultivated across acute psychiatric and multiple behavioral health settings.

Lo Presti emphasizes how personal environments, insecure attachments, and unresolved trauma can erode self-worth and contribute to anxiety, depression, and difficulties with intimacy. Her approach honors the individual in the context of their life circumstances, aiming to help people recognize reactionary patterns that keep them stuck and to reframe those patterns with practical strategies and increased self-compassion. She earned a bachelor’s degree in 2006, a master’s degree in 2010, and obtained licensure as a clinical social worker in 2014.

Known for attentive listening and a compassionate stance, Lo Presti incorporates warmth and occasionally humor as tools for easing stress. She guides people to acknowledge the normality of human struggle while highlighting personal strengths and possibilities for change. Her work is grounded in respect for the whole person and a sincere commitment to understanding each client’s unique story.

Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to values-driven actions. It is often used to address anxiety, depression, and life transitions by increasing psychological flexibility and helping clients move toward what matters most to them.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relational patterns influence current relationships and emotional responses. This approach can be useful for addressing intimacy concerns, fear of abandonment, and difficulties forming secure connections with others.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured method that examines the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It provides practical tools for reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and maladaptive coping by challenging unhelpful thinking and building new skills.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, preferences, and the best combination of techniques, adjusting the plan over time to fit the client’s needs.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, to maintain continuity of care across locations, and to select the communication style that feels most comfortable, while still receiving care from licensed professionals and therapists trained in these methods.