Before becoming a psychotherapist and life coach, Lisa Wessan spent 20 years as an internationally published science and health journalist, specializing in biotechnology analysis. She built a successful career at Genetic Engineering News and served as editor of the monthly Biotechnology Press Digest.
 
During her years as a science journalist, Wessan also studied transformational methods at the Carl Jung Institute of New York and other psycho-spiritual schools in New York City. She later earned certification as a Master Business and Life Coach through Dr. Robert Fritz’s DMA Inc. Technologies for Creating coaching program, which integrated project management, mindfulness, energy medicine, spirituality, and awareness of quantum field access to support better living.
 
Wessan’s interest in immunology drew her to psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), also known as integrative or functional medicine. This work led her to collaborate with holistic physicians and eventually produce radio and television talk shows at WOR-AM Radio and NBC Television.
 
Wessan remains active in broadcasting as host of The Lisa Wessan Show, available on podcast platforms and YouTube, where she explores best practices for personal transformation.

While researching stress management techniques in graduate school for clinical social work, Wessan studied the therapeutic uses of laughter. Her postgraduate research in laughter therapy led her to earn dual certifications to teach Laughter Yoga and Laughter Meditation in medical settings.
 
Her creative clinical work has been featured by The Boston Chronicle (ABC), The Boston Globe, The Lowell Sun, CNN’s Paula Zahn Now, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Daily News, ABC News 20/20, and numerous television, print, and radio interviews.
 
Since leaving New York City in 2006, Wessan has maintained a hybrid practice, offering both virtual and in-person services. She is fully licensed in New York and Massachusetts and works with adult clients ages 21 and older.
 
As a Solution Focused therapist, Wessan became interested in the evidence-based outcomes of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training (DBT). In 2012, she studied with Dr. Marsha Linehan, DBT’s founder and leading authority. Since 2015, Wessan has led weekly DBT Groups and integrated DBT skills into individual, family, and couples counseling.
 
Wessan also delivers psychoeducational keynotes on topics such as Emotion Regulation and Mindfulness, Team Building with Laughter, Laughter Therapy for Caregivers, The Lean & Serene Method, Preventing Burnout, Let Go & Lighten Up, and Distress Tolerance: Many Paths Up the Mountain.