Therapist profile
Lissette Collazo Maza, LCSW
LCSW - Stress and parenting support
Continue with LissetteAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting challenges
- CBT and ACT methods
About Lissette
Lissette Collazo Maza is a Florida licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, with 22 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and practices from Florida.
Lissette focuses on practical conversations that address everyday pressures at home. She talks through parenting strain, motivation, sleep problems, and work-related stress. She also supports people dealing with trauma, abandonment and attachment concerns, and relationship communication problems.
Her approach draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Sessions often include clear strategies for managing mood, reducing panic symptoms, and improving coping skills. The work can include exploring patterns like codependency, control issues, and commitment worries.
She also helps clients navigate life transitions such as divorce or midlife changes, and addresses caregiver stress and family problems that affect daily routines. Conversations commonly cover guilt, shame, forgiveness, and questions about life purpose.
People interested in working with Lissette choose an online intake process that asks a few questions and schedules an initial session. Cost varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Prospective clients are asked to confirm current session options before booking.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low motivation, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical experiments and behavior changes. CBT often helps with panic, mood problems, and sleep issues. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on emotional experience and improving how people express and respond to feelings in relationships, which can be helpful for communication problems and attachment issues.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up, then agree on methods to try. That collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted as needs change.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Therapists also use session tools to practice skills between meetings and to coach through real-life moments, helping work carry over into everyday home routines.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
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What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, depression, trauma and related family problems.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses practical, conversational work drawing on ACT, CBT, DBT, EFT and client-centered ideas to build coping skills and clearer communication.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of professional experience as a clinician.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida LCSW and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can I have sessions from another country?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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