Genna Lo Presti, LCSW

Genna Lo Presti is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with more than two decades of experience. She frames therapy in everyday language and helps people notice patterns that get in the way of intimacy, self-worth, and connection. Her style mixes realism with warmth and sometimes a touch of humor to reduce tension in sessions.

Genna emphasizes how past attachments, unresolved trauma, and current stresses shape daily life. She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based work, emotionally focused ideas, and client-centered practice. Those methods are used to help people change unhelpful habits, clarify values, and repair strained relationships.

She has worked in acute psychiatric and behavioral health settings, bringing experience with mood disorders, addiction, and complex trauma. Genna has supported people dealing with grief, caregiver stress, bipolar disorder, eating concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue, among other issues. She pays attention to how environment and relationships affect mental health.

In sessions she listens closely and aims to help people recognize small, avoidant behaviors that keep them stuck. She uses straightforward language, reflective listening, and practical exercises rather than clinical jargon. Humor and light impersonations are sometimes used to relieve stress and normalize struggles.

Genna holds a Bachelor’s degree earned in 2006, a Master’s degree earned in 2010, and earned LCSW licensure in Florida in 2014. She approaches therapy as an ongoing process and invites clients to explore life changes and attachment wounds with patience and honesty.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Genna uses approaches such as acceptance and commitment therapy and attachment-based work, plus client-centered listening, to guide sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions that match your values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and making life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from early relationships to learn how they affect current connections and trust, useful for intimacy and caregiver stress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathetic listening and helping people find their own solutions rather than prescribing answers.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Genna works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person’s goals and comfort level. She will check in, adjust strategies, and combine approaches when that better supports the work you want to do.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can help fit care into a busy life by reducing travel time and making scheduling more flexible. It also makes it possible to have shorter check-ins, avoid camera use when preferred, or arrange sessions around work and caregiving demands. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and tools used in ACT, attachment work, and client-centered therapy to an online setting to keep progress moving forward.