Alisa Stamps

Alisa Stamps, MSS, LCSW (she/her)is a licensed clinical social worker, and author of the book, The Gaslighting Recovery Journal. She also hosts a podcast entitled Am I the Crazy One?. Alisa specializes in working with adult children of narcissists, and is the founder of the support and recovery group for these individuals, entitled “Shattering the Mirror”.  She also has experience treating eating disorders and complex trauma.  Post-graduate work includes training in: Gestalt Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS-Level 1), and certification in Dr. McBride’s five-step recovery model for treating adult children of narcissistic parents.  Alisa received a Bachelors of Music Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received her Master of Social Service degree from Bryn Mawr College’s Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.

Instagram: @alisastamps.therapist

 
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The Chaos of Transitions
Alisa Stamps
The Chaos of Transitions
Alisa Stamps

Why is the middle so hard? Why do extremes sometimes feel so much easier? Extremes are definitely more intense, more chaotic, and yet they can tend to feel much more comfortable. Is it that we just get hooked on the chaos? 

Alisa Stamps
How Tattoos Helped Me Love My Body
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How Tattoos Helped Me Love My Body
Alisa Stamps, feb24

"Tattoos are probably the one thing more than anything else that connects me to my body," shares therapist Alisa Stamps. She shares how tattooing helped her fall in love with the parts of her she was taught to hate.

Alisa Stamps, feb24
I’m already feeling it: Separation-Individuation for Soon-to-be Empty Nesters
Alisa Stamps
I’m already feeling it: Separation-Individuation for Soon-to-be Empty Nesters
Alisa Stamps

We hope that we’ve given our children enough autonomy so they’re able to separate from us, but after years of on-site caretaking, how do we do this for ourselves? How do we prepare to not be “active” parents any longer as we head into empty nests?  

Alisa Stamps