About Us

Hi, I’m Lisa Colella — licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), certified sexologist, and human with a loud mind, a deep heart, and zero interest in pretending healing is linear. 

I created Mad Chatter Psychotherapy & Sexology for the ones who’ve been gaslit, ghosted, or ground down by systems that never made space for their complexity.
Whether you're unraveling from narcissistic abuse, exploring dissociative identity parts, reclaiming your queerness, or just trying to make peace with your own brilliant brain — I hold space for it all.

My work is trauma-informed, sex-positive, queer-affirming, and deeply relational. I use a blend of psychodynamic therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and real-talk. No spiritual bypassing. No toxic positivity. Just insight, curiosity, and compassionate accountability.  

I especially love working with:

• Personality and Mood Disorders
   
• Queer folks reclaiming pleasure & self-trust
   
• People healing from high-control relationships (including covert or overt narcissism)
   
• Military/veteran/first responder clients exploring identity, trauma, and sexuality
   
• Therapists and helpers who need their own space to fall apart

Credentials & Training:

• MSW from Tulane University
   
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) NC
   
• Certified Sexologist (ACS)
   
• Advanced training in trauma, dissociation, and parts work
   
• Fluent in CPTSD, polyvagal theory, and subtle cuss words