Dr. Lisa Livshin is a licensed psychologist with over 30 years of clinical experience. She graduated from Boston University in 1989 with a doctorate in Counseling Psychology. Her areas of expertise are in trauma, disaster response, disruptive workplace events, sexual assault, and traumatic loss.
Her early career focused on evaluating and treating severely traumatized children, particularly victims of sexual abuse. She worked on the Child Sexual Abuse Team at Tufts Medical Center and later served as Director of the Child Trauma Evaluation Team at the Douglas Thom Clinic in Boston. She believes her 20 years of working with traumatized children informs and enhances her work with adults who have experienced childhood trauma.
In her private practice, Dr. Livshin works with adults who pursue therapy for a variety of reasons, including: trauma, traumatic loss, anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship dissatisfaction, and interpersonal conflict.
For over 25 years, Dr. Livshin has provided consultation, evaluation, and expert testimony on trauma related to physical assault, sexual abuse, rape, sexual harassment, and clergy abuse. She has testified on both criminal and civil cases.
From 2012- 2020, Dr. Livshin was the Boston Team Liaison for the Massachusetts Disaster Resource Network (DRN). She has helped train hundreds of psychologists in the Greater Boston area in disaster response and Psychological First Aid. From 2014 to 2020, she led a team of psychologists in the medical tents at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
Her prior experience with disasters and community crisis intervention, includes 27 years as a trained and certified American Red Cross disaster mental health provider. Since 2009, Dr. Livshin has served as a consultant for companies who provide Behavioral Health interventions following workplace disruptions. In that capacity she has worked with groups affected by the aftermath of 9/11, the Haitian earthquake, and the Boston Marathon bombings.
Dr. Livshin was a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine. From 1987 until 2019 she taught first year medical students patient-interviewing skills — with particular focus on the dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship.
From 2011-2014 she was an Adjunct Professor in the Division of Counseling and Psychology at the Lesley University Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences where she taught Disaster Mental Health and Community Crisis Intervention.
Licensure: Massachusetts (4819) and Florida (PY 10680)