Larisa Citsay , LPC

Larisa Citsay is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with 10 years of experience supporting individuals and families through difficult transitions and everyday challenges. She brings a strong background in crisis intervention, anger management, family systems, parent coaching, and work with tweens and teens, and she has experience addressing relationship difficulties, including interactions with narcissistic individuals.

Her practice emphasizes self-healing and self-discovery, helping people learn to assert healthy boundaries, build resilience, and strengthen their relationships with themselves and others. She employs an integrative approach that draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindful awareness techniques, motivational therapy, and choice theory, tailoring those methods to each person’s needs and goals. LPC denotes a counselor licensed to provide mental health therapy and counseling services.

Larisa cultivates a compassionate, supportive, and goal-focused space where clients can gain clarity, develop practical skills, and move toward meaningful change. She works with adults on issues such as stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem, codependency, communication and control issues, family problems, forgiveness, life purpose, and challenges commonly faced by young adults and women.

Integrative Techniques for Effective Online Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more adaptive patterns. It is practical and skills-based, often used for anxiety, stress, anger, and self-esteem challenges.

Mindfulness practices teach present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance of experience. These techniques can reduce reactivity, improve emotional regulation, and support stress management and relationship interactions.

Motivational therapy helps people explore their values and strengthen their motivation to change. It can be especially useful when navigating life transitions, commitment concerns, or ambivalence about relationship and parenting goals.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Larisa works collaboratively with clients to assess needs, set goals, and adjust methods as progress is made, so the chosen techniques fit the person’s preferences and objectives.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and access care from home or other convenient locations while working with licensed professionals and therapists.