Meet the LSW Counselors

Alisa Vitti, HHC, AADP (Holistic Health Counselor, American Association of Drugless Practitioners)

Alisa Vitti, HHC, AADP (Holistic Health Counselor, American Association of Drugless Practitioners) founded Laughing Sage Wellness Center 9 years ago after experiencing the many frustrating health symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and then healing herself through food and lifestyle changes. She received degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, where she fine-tuned her unique approach to helping younger women naturally correct hormonal imbalances using medicinal foods.

She specializes in the areas of reproductive and hormonal health and creating real intimacy in relationships. A transformational speaker, she debunks myths around women’s chronic gynecological issues and inspires women to have better health and better sex through her five-step proprietary nutritional and lifestyle protocol. Her protocol is now the subject of a clinical study in conjunction with a research physician from Columbia University. Alisa has spoken at numerous colleges, workshops, corporations, and women’s organizations. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Fox Business News, Life & Style, Vital Juice Daily, and Greenstone Media Radio. She is currently writing her first book due out in spring 2011.

Jessica Grippo HHC, AADP (Holistic Health Counselor, American Association of Drugless Practitioners)

Jessica comes to this practice after her own personal struggles with the frustrating symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). After years of dealing with an absent menstrual cycle, bouts of depression, and creative blocks, she discovered Laughing Sage Wellness and enrolled in a program that transformed her health and her life forever.

Jessica received a B.A. in psychology from New York University and a certificate in holistic health counseling from the Integrative Nutrition program at Columbia University's Teachers College. As an apprentice at Laughing Sage Wellness, she then deepened her training in women's holistic health, learning the intricacies of women’s hormonal issues and LSW’s unique food- and lifestyle-based approach to treating them. Ever since, she has been counseling women to heal both physically and emotionally.

Integrating her background in dance and performance, Jessica is an engaging and gifted speaker, and has been a guest presenter at NYU, the New School, Baruch College, The Young Women's Leadership Schools, the Women’s Mosaic, and other corporations and colleges in the NYC area.