Lissette Ciabattoni, LCSW

Lissette Ciabattoni is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. She offers steady, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and changes in life circumstances. She also provides affirmative care for LGBT concerns and attends to women's issues.

She focuses on clear, usable strategies in sessions. Lissette blends ideas from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and psychodynamic work to help people understand patterns and try new ways of coping. Sessions aim to identify specific thoughts and behaviors that get in the way and replace them with manageable, realistic steps.

Lissette favors a collaborative style. She listens to each person's story and then suggests tools that fit their daily life and goals. She helps people practice breathing and attention skills, test new habits, and reflect on how past experiences shape current choices.

Her work is straightforward and paced to the person's needs. Clients leave with concrete skills for stress management, ways to reduce anxiety, and plans for improving self-esteem. The focus is on steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Lissette practices in Florida and works with English-speaking clients. She brings a warm, respectful approach to identity and life transition concerns, helping people build stronger day-to-day routines and clearer thinking about their next steps.

Working with CBT and Mindfulness online

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and lift mood. It breaks larger problems into clear steps and gives practices people can try between sessions.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and help people notice thoughts without acting on them. This approach pairs well with behavioral strategies when someone wants tools for stress and emotion regulation.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, preferences, and daily routines. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan over time.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or lower bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging work well for short check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.