As a Board Certified Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience, I’m dedicated to providing quality, compassionate and confidential psychotherapeutic services supporting young children, teens, adults, parents, and families. My approach is individualized, strength-based and collaborative, addressing challenges related to life transitions, relationships, anxiety and depression management, trauma, grief, and loss.
My clinical specialties include early identification and intervention for young children with emerging special needs, such as autism spectrum disorders and attachment issues, through the child and family DIR/FCD “Floortime” developmental play therapy model.
I’m also dedicated to supporting children and teens with anxiety and mood disorders, learning, attentional, self-regulatory social, emotional and behavioral challenges, providing parent coaching and school-based consultation.
My clinical orientation integrates therapeutic best practices from the fields of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, mindfulness, developmental and play-based psychotherapies.
Primary Address:
Poulsbo, WA 98370
Phone: 206-488-8142
Email: lisadefaria@gmail.com
Website: www.lisadefaria.com
Additional Services: Community Workshops, Professional Training.
Membership: Clinical
Licensures/Certifications: BCD, LICSWA, MSW
License #: LICSW 60505526
Populations: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Families, LGBTQIA+
Issues and Concerns: ADD/ADHD, Adoption Issues, Anxiety and Panic Disorders, Autistic Spectrum Disorders (includes Asperger's Disorder), Child Development, Depression, Developmental Disabilities and Learning Disorders, Family Issues, Grief and Loss, Learning Disabilities, LGBT, Parenting - Includes Parent-Child Conflicts, Postpartum and Perinatal Depression, Relationship Issues, Sensory Integration, Social Skills, Women's Issues
Treatment Modalities: Art Therapy, Coaching Model, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Consulting, Existential / Humanistic, Family Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Meditation and Mindfulness (includes MBSR - Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction), Play Therapy, Psychoanalytic / Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy / Strategic Family Therapy
Insurance: Private pay, limited insurance provider. Premera