Lisa Anllo, PhD, Clinical Psychologist in Buffalo, NY — therapist at ThriveTalk

Lisa Anllo, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

29 yrs experience

Updated August 20, 2026 How we verify

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

  • New York · License #013139 · Licensed Psychologist Active

  • 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

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

RateMDs directory

  • Rating approximately 3.0/5 from 4 reviews; mixed review sentiment (ratemds.com)

FindATopDoc directory

Vitals directory

  • Mixed patient reviews, no confirmed aggregate rating extracted (vitals.com)

LinkedIn

  • 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)
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