About Larisa
Larisa Citsay is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings ten years of clinical experience to her work in New Jersey. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and relationship struggles in clear, practical ways. Larisa aims to make sessions straightforward and useful for people juggling busy lives.
Her background includes work in crisis intervention and parent coaching, and she frequently meets with young adults and people facing family problems.
Background and approach
She helps clients recognize patterns like codependency or control issues and supports those dealing with commitment or communication problems. She also addresses concerns such as self-esteem, forgiveness, narcissistic dynamics, and women’s issues. In sessions she emphasizes simple skills people can use right away.
Clients learn to set boundaries, strengthen resilience, and improve the ways they relate to others. Mindfulness, motivational work, and cognitive strategies are woven into conversations to make progress practical. Larisa keeps a calm and goal-focused style.
She listens for what matters most to each person and helps turn insight into action steps. Meetings are collaborative, with clear goals and follow-up on what helped between sessions. People who want straightforward tools for daily life, help with parenting strains, or guidance through relationship pain often find her approach accessible.
Larisa works in English and practices as an LPC in New Jersey, bringing a decade of experience to guide clients toward clearer choices and steadier routines.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Larisa draws on evidence-based techniques that are clear and practical. Cognitive strategies focus on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Mindfulness practices teach simple awareness and breathing skills to help calm stress and manage anger. Motivational work helps clarify values and build commitment to change, which can be useful for issues like commitment problems and codependency.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapt techniques over time based on what helps most. Sessions are focused on steps people can try between meetings so progress is visible.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more connection feels helpful. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a quicker check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing, need short updates, or want to fit support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and parenting demands.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Larisa commonly address?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much experience does she have?
Where is she licensed and based?
What languages are available for sessions?
Can international clients work with her?
What session formats are offered?
How do fees and starting therapy work?
What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English