Charissa D. Pizarro, PsyD Psychological Services LLC

Charissa D. Pizarro, PsyD Psychological Services LLC Psychotherapy services for individuals, children, and families as play therapy and sandtray therapy. Immigration and bariatric evaluations also available.

Psychological and comprehensive educational evaluations also conducted. Se Habla Espanol.

🎁 Merry Christmas! Thankful for the memories we’ve made and excited for the amazing moments yet to come. ✨ Here’s to a b...
12/25/2025

🎁 Merry Christmas! Thankful for the memories we’ve made and excited for the amazing moments yet to come. ✨

Here’s to a brighter, better future ahead! 🎄💫

Do you struggle with oversharing?⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Here are some reasons why someone might overshare - what other reasons would y...
12/24/2025

Do you struggle with oversharing?
⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Here are some reasons why someone might overshare - what other reasons would you add?

12/22/2025

Turn the page.
Growth is waiting. ✨

✨ VISION FORWARD 2026 ✨Build a year of clarity, confidence, and impact.Ready to stop drifting and start moving with inte...
12/20/2025

✨ VISION FORWARD 2026 ✨
Build a year of clarity, confidence, and impact.

Ready to stop drifting and start moving with intention in 2026?
Join Dr. Charissa D. Pizarro for a FREE, power-packed webinar created for therapists and small business owners who are ready to plan with purpose and lead with confidence.

🔥 In this session, you’ll learn how to:
✔️ Set clear, aligned goals for 2026
✔️ Create a focused, actionable plan
✔️ Renew your motivation and confidence for the year ahead

📅 January 7, 2026
⏰ 6:00–7:00 PM
💻 FREE Webinar

This isn’t just about setting goals—it’s about building a vision you can actually follow through on.

👉 Save your seat now and start 2026 with intention.
🔗 Visit www.drcharissapizarro.com
to enroll.

Tag a therapist or business owner who needs this 👇✨

Tell me: Which one resonated most with you?
12/18/2025

Tell me: Which one resonated most with you?

🌟 NJPA December Member Spotlight 🌟Join us in congratulating Charissa D. Pizarro, PsyD, RPT — a dedicated leader, advocat...
12/10/2025

🌟 NJPA December Member Spotlight 🌟
Join us in congratulating Charissa D. Pizarro, PsyD, RPT — a dedicated leader, advocate, and proud NJPA member since 2021.

Dr. Pizarro has made remarkable contributions to the field, serving as:
✨ APA Division 37 Member-at-Large for Task Force & Diversity Initiatives (2022–2025)
🌍 U.S. Representative & APA Delegate internationally — Portugal (2019) and Tanzania (2024)

Her commitment to diversity, global advocacy, and advancing psychology continues to inspire professionals across the field.

Congratulations, Dr. Pizarro! 🎉💙
Thank you for your incredible leadership and service.

Managing major depression isn’t linear. Some days feel lighter, and others feel like a fog slowly rolling back in. When ...
11/26/2025

Managing major depression isn’t linear. Some days feel lighter, and others feel like a fog slowly rolling back in. When your symptoms start to shift, it’s not a failure — it’s a signal. A reminder to pause, reassess, and adjust your care.

You’re not alone. 21 million adults in the U.S. live with major depression.
Support, treatment plans, and coping strategies can all change as you do — and that’s okay. Healing is a process of paying attention to what you need right now, not what worked before.

If the fog feels thicker lately:
🌧 check in with your provider
🌧 revisit your treatment or support
🌧 talk to someone who gets it
🌧 give yourself permission to ask for help

Your needs are allowed to evolve. And so is your healing. 💛

Save this as a reminder: you don’t have to manage depression alone

Healing isn’t about choosing one truth over another.It’s about learning to live in the space where both exist.You can lo...
11/25/2025

Healing isn’t about choosing one truth over another.
It’s about learning to live in the space where both exist.

You can love someone and feel hurt by them.
You can be grateful and still want more.
You can be healing and still have hard days.
Two things can be true at the same time.

The work isn’t to silence contradiction — it’s to hold it with compassion.
Not to force clarity, but to make room for complexity.

Next time you feel two opposing truths, remember:
It isn’t a problem to solve.
It’s simply part of being human. 🤍

✨ Save this for the days that feel contradictory.

11/23/2025

You actually do deserve happiness — even when it feels unfamiliar… even when your mind tries to convince you that joy is risky or that peace has to be earned.

Sometimes we’ve been hurt for so long that contentment feels suspicious.
Sometimes we’ve survived so much that softness feels unsafe.
Healing doesn’t start when life gets perfect.
Healing starts the moment you allow yourself to believe that you are worthy of good things — without proving, performing, or overthinking.

You don’t have to wait until you “fix” yourself to receive love.
You don’t have to earn rest before you’re allowed to slow down.
You don’t need permission to be happy.
You just need to stop fighting the good that’s trying to enter your life.

Let yourself feel joy, even if your hands shake.
Let yourself accept love, even if your voice quivers.
Let yourself be chosen, even if your heart doubts it.

Because you don’t have to understand happiness to deserve it.
You just have to be open to it. 🌿💛

Life isn’t just about becoming something new — it’s also about letting go of who we learned to be just to survive.Many o...
11/22/2025

Life isn’t just about becoming something new — it’s also about letting go of who we learned to be just to survive.
Many of us grew up shrinking ourselves to keep the peace, over-giving so we wouldn’t be abandoned, rushing success to prove we were worthy, or hiding our feelings because we were told they were “too much.”

But healing asks something different from us.

Growth is not about reinventing yourself — it’s about returning to yourself.

So ask yourself gently:
What parts of you are you ready to let go of?
And what parts of you are patiently waiting to be heard, nurtured, and lived?

✨ You are allowed to become someone new by honoring who you truly are.

Real resilience isn’t emotional armor — it’s emotional integration.It’s not about shutting down your feelings or pretend...
11/21/2025

Real resilience isn’t emotional armor — it’s emotional integration.

It’s not about shutting down your feelings or pretending you’re okay.
It’s the capacity to:
✨ stay present with discomfort
✨ question the stories your mind creates
✨ choose actions that align with your values even when your nervous system is overwhelmed

Resilience isn’t being unshakable.
It’s knowing how to reorganize yourself after the impact — how to come back home to yourself when life knocks you off balance.

That’s the work of healing: not becoming harder, but becoming more connected, more aware, and more able to respond with intention.

💛 Save this as a reminder: strength isn’t rigidity — it’s flexibility.

11/19/2025

You deserve to set yourself free. ✨
Free from old narratives that no longer fit you.
Free from expectations you were never meant to carry.
Free from guilt, pressure, and identities built from survival instead of choice.

Healing isn’t about becoming someone new — it’s about loosening the grip of what’s been weighing you down, so you can finally breathe as yourself.

In therapy, this looks like…
🌿 unlearning old beliefs
🌿 releasing perfection and self-blame
🌿 making room for your voice, your boundaries, your needs
🌿 choosing compassion over comparison

Freedom isn’t a finish line — it’s a gentle, ongoing permission to show up as you.
And you deserve that more than you know. 🤍

✨ Save this as a reminder: you are allowed to grow beyond what hurt you.

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