Genna Lo Presti, LCSW

Genna Lo Presti is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida with 22 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, parenting stress, grief, and a broad range of life changes and identity concerns. Genna writes plainly about how everyday pressures and insecure attachments can erode self-worth over time.

Her approach blends talk therapy with practical skills. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral ideas, attachment-based thinking, emotionally-focused methods, and client-centered care to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions look at how past hurts shape current reactions and focus on small, usable steps to change responses.

Genna has worked in acute psychiatric and behavioral health settings, bringing experience from hospitals and community programs into outpatient work. Her background includes both short-term coping strategies and longer-term exploration of underlying patterns. She describes therapy as collaborative work where humor and direct conversation have a place.

In sessions she pays attention to how relationships and work affect mood and behavior. She often addresses issues like codependency, communication problems, body image, and caregiver stress alongside major diagnoses such as bipolar disorder and complex trauma. Practical tools for managing anger, grief, and addiction are paired with attention to attachment and self-esteem.

People who choose her can expect candid feedback and a straightforward focus on daily functioning. She asks clients to notice small changes and to try different ways of responding to stress. The aim is less about perfection and more about regaining a sense of control and direction.

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