- Years in practice
- 4
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Salisa
Salisa Garrand is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and parenting challenges. She brings four years of clinical experience and a straightforward, compassionate style. Salisa aims to create a steady, respectful space where people can talk honestly about what feels hard and begin to make small changes.
Her work is informed by trauma-aware care and a holistic view of wellbeing.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps to manage overwhelming feelings, build self-worth, and cope with parenting transitions like pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum depression. She listens for strengths in each person’s story and uses those strengths as the basis for change. Salisa centers collaboration in therapy.
She helps people set clear, manageable goals and checks in often about what’s working. Treatment plans are adjusted to real life, so progress can happen between sessions as well as during them. She also addresses related issues such as abandonment and attachment concerns, communication problems, grief from separation or divorce, and struggles with shame or isolation.
Panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, self-harm urges, and challenges around self-love are also within her focus. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Salisa emphasizes practical tools, steady support, and a nonjudgmental presence for people ready to begin making changes.
What Salisa works with
Everything Salisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Salisa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches that guide online parenting and trauma work
Salisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on healing from trauma and managing anxiety. One common approach she relies on helps people process past difficult events while building skills to reduce symptoms. This method supports issues like post-traumatic stress, panic attacks, and the aftereffects of abuse.She also emphasizes practical coping strategies for stress, depression, and parenting transitions. These teach short, usable tools to calm intense feelings, improve sleep and daily routines, and strengthen self-care after pregnancy or during postpartum depression. The goal is to make small changes that add up over time.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to match techniques to their goals, history, and comfort level. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting as needed so treatment feels useful and doable.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people meet face to face when more connection helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support frequent touchpoints between sessions and quick check-ins when problems arise. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a parenting schedule, workday, or recovery routine.
Questions people ask about Salisa
What concerns does Salisa address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and parenting challenges. Additional focuses include attachment, communication problems, postpartum depression, and panic attacks.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is trauma-aware and holistic, with an emphasis on practical steps and building resilience. Therapy is collaborative and goal oriented.
What is her professional background?
She holds a Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential and has four years of professional work experience supporting people with trauma, anxiety, and maternal mental health concerns.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is licensed in New York as an LMHC and provides services from that location.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use?
She works through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions billed and what is the cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing the short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.
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