- Attachment focused
- Practical change
- Warm direct style
About Genna
Genna Lo Presti is a licensed clinical social worker who uses a human-centered mix of approaches to help people untangle difficult patterns. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotion-focused work to address issues that drain everyday life. Genna writes plainly about how past hurts and insecure attachments can erode self-worth and make relationships harder to trust.
Genna has 22 years of experience in psychiatric and behavioral health settings. She completed a Bachelor’s degree in 2006 and a Master’s degree in 2010, and earned her Florida LCSW in 2014. That background includes work with trauma, mood concerns, and addiction-related issues, which informs how she approaches complex cases.
In sessions she focuses on what happens in a person’s life and relationships rather than on labels. Genna helps people notice avoidance, name patterns, and try small behavioral changes that add up. She uses humor and role-play at times to lower tension and encourage new ways of relating.
People often seek her help for anxiety, depression, grief, relationship or intimacy problems, codependency, eating concerns, and stress from caregiving or life transitions. She pays attention to how attachment history and unresolved trauma shape current choices and reactions.
Her style is direct but warm, with steady listening and practical invitations to change. Genna aims to support people in reclaiming a sense of worth and moving toward more satisfying connections and daily functioning.
How Genna’s Approaches Shape Online Work
Genna uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them, and to clarify what matters so small actions match values. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to understand how early relationship patterns affect current connection and trust, which can help with intimacy and codependency issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) supplies straightforward tools to spot unhelpful thinking and practice different behaviors for symptoms like anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Genna treats this as a collaboration - she and the client decide together which strategies to try based on goals, life demands, and what feels useful. Sessions can mix techniques as needs change over time.
Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins on stressful days. It also lets people use exercises and homework between meetings, which supports steady progress without promising a specific result.
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Experience
22+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Genna commonly help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, codependency, grief, eating issues, and stress from caregiving or life changes.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Genna combines humanistic, attachment-informed, and cognitive-behavioral approaches in a direct but warm manner. She aims to help people notice patterns, try small changes, and build better everyday coping.
How much experience does she have?
Genna has 22 years of clinical experience, with much of that time spent in acute psychiatric and behavioral health settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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