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

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.

Stacey Nussbaum, HHC

Stacey joined this practice after working as a lawyer in finance and suffering from irregular and heavy menstrual cycles, debilitating PMS symptoms, adrenal fatigue and digestive issues. After years of pushing her body through chronic low-grade stress, she left the corporate world behind to pursue a career in holistic health. She found Laughing Sage Wellness, started to work there and enrolled in a program. This was the beginning of her health transformation.

Stacey received a B.S. in Corporate Communications from Ithaca College, a J.D. from New York Law School and a certificate in holistic health counseling from the Academy of Healing Nutrition. She found her niche in women's health through her work with Laughing Sage and healing her own conditions. She became well versed in women’s hormonal issues and LSW’s unique food- and lifestyle-based protocol and ever since has been passionately involved in coaching clients, teaching cooking classes, and sharing her deep knowledge base and personal experience with women everywhere.