About
Lisa Anllo, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist in Buffalo, NY with 29 years of experience specializing in sex therapy, couples therapy, and sexuality after cancer, including gender-affirming evaluation and LGBTQ+-affirming individual and couples therapy.
Services
- Sex Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Sexuality After Cancer
- Transgender & Gender Identity Care
- Relationship Issues
- Sexual dysfunction
- Marital/relationship problems
- Gender identity concerns
- Infidelity
- Mixed-orientation relationships
- Open relationships
- Codependency
- Cancer survivorship & sexuality
- Chronic illness
- Life transitions
- Detransition support
- Attachment-based
- Existential
- Psychodynamic
- Feminist
- Developmental model for couples therapy
- Relational life therapy
- Clinical Psychology
- Sexual Medicine / Sex Therapy
State licenses
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New York · License #013139 · Licensed Psychologist Active
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Florida · License #1040 · Out-of-State Telehealth Provider Registration Active
Reputation
3.4 / 5 across 15 reviews Mixed
- Healthgrades Rated 3.8 / 5 10 reviews
- RateMDs Rated 3 / 5 4 reviews
- FindATopDoc Rated 1 / 5 1 review
What clients praise
- Praised as insightful, direct, and effective, especially in couples communication work
- Described by several clients as compassionate and instrumental in their emotional recovery
Common critiques
- A recurring minority of reviewers across Healthgrades, RateMDs, and Vitals described her direct style as cold, blaming, or unprofessional
Red flags
- One Healthgrades review reported feeling blamed for circumstances beyond her control and that a session's comments led to a depressive episode — a serious complaint, but not corroborated on other review platforms
In the field
Publications
Awards
- Susan G. Komen Foundation of WNY Hope Award for Healthcare Professionals (2009)
- PAWNY Award for Distinguished Service (2022)
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 16 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Identity anchor: name, credentials, practice name, location, contact, specialties, issues, modalities, populations, insurance, fees, session formats, years in practice, languages, license numbers (NY #013139, FL #1040) (psychologytoday.com)
NPPES registry
- NPI 1174647044, taxonomy 103TC0700X (Psychologist, Clinical), NY license #013139, sole proprietor, address match (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
provider website (drlisaanllo.com)
- Bio, education, years in practice, philosophy, headshot photo, awards, memberships (drlisaanllo.com)
- Services offered, insurance (out-of-network only), couples session length, intensives (drlisaanllo.com)
Healthgrades directory
- Rating 3.8/5 from 10 reviews; training (Rutgers internship 1993, Center for Marital & Sexual Health fellowship 1999); review themes (healthgrades.com)
Sharecare directory
- No patient reviews currently on file (providers.sharecare.com)
RateMDs directory
- Rating approximately 3.0/5 from 4 reviews; mixed review sentiment (ratemds.com)
FindATopDoc directory
- Rating 1/5 from 1 review (findatopdoc.com)
Vitals directory
- Mixed patient reviews, no confirmed aggregate rating extracted (vitals.com)
- Title: Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Scholarship Chair, Psychological Association of Western NY (linkedin.com)
Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR) membership directory
- Membership confirmed; practice email ([redacted]), alternate phone, specialties in sexual health, gender identity (sstarnet.org)
PAWNY member profile
- Role, theoretical orientation, services (guardianship/pre-surgical gender-affirming evaluations, clinical supervision), languages (pawny.org)
Beyond Trans directory
- Gender-related specialties, detransition support, telehealth NY/FL, self-pay only (beyondtrans.org)
Sexual Reawakening Summit interview page
- Bio, Komen award (2008/2009), Roswell Park support group facilitation, book chapter citation (sexualreawakening.org)
PubMed
- Publication: 'Sexual life after breast cancer', L M Anllo, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 2000 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Routledge (publisher)
- Book chapter 'Challenges of Sexual Life After Breast and Prostate Cancer' appears in Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals, 3rd ed. (2016) (routledge.com)