About Lisa Medico
Before I became a full-time therapist, I spent the first decade of my career working in healthcare. I know what it feels like to be capable, responsible, and committed to your work while quietly running on empty.
I experienced my own period of burnout and anxiety, and that experience changed the way I think about taking care of yourself. It made me curious about the patterns that keep us pushing through, putting ourselves last, and believing we should be able to handle everything on our own.
Becoming a mom later gave me an entirely new education in burnout.
Those experiences don't make my story the same as yours. But they have shaped the kind of therapist I want to be: human, practical, nonjudgmental, and genuinely interested in helping people understand themselves rather than simply telling them what to do.
Basically: I am human first, therapist second.
What to Expect
I don't expect you to show up to therapy with everything figured out. You can be honest here. You can be messy, uncertain, frustrated, or unsure what you even need. My job isn't to judge you, nor is it to hand you a script for your life. It's to listen carefully, help you see patterns more clearly, and work with you toward meaningful change.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Bergen County, New Jersey.
I help Millennial and Gen Z women in NJ & CT manage anxiety, perfectionism, people pleasing, and obsessive thinking so they can take better care of themselves, show up confidently in their lives and relationships, and rekindle joy.
Together, we'll look at the patterns you're caught in and figure out what you want to do differently. Depending on your goals, that might mean learning to tolerate uncertainty, setting boundaries without the guilt, quieting the cycle of overthinking, responding differently to unwanted thoughts, or making more room for the parts of life that actually matter to you.
Ready to take the next step?
If something here resonated with you, you don't need to have everything figured out before reaching out. We can start with a free 15-minute consultation, talk about what you're looking for, and see whether I might be the right therapist for you.
Let's start taking care of you.
*I am licensed in both NJ & CT
Outside of Work…
I'm a mom of two, an introvert at heart, and a serious lover of books, coffee, travel, and comfy clothes that can pass as an outfit.
Taking care of myself isn't particularly glamorous. It looks like getting enough sleep, moving my body, drinking water, laughing with people I love, getting quality time with my kids, reading before bed, going to therapy myself, and exercising my free will to treat myself to overpriced coffee out.
I'm still practicing what I encourage my clients to practice: making room for yourself in a life that can easily become very full.
