Lily Annino

Therapist Lily Annino, LPC-A, works primarily with adolescents, college students, young adults, young women, and Gen Z couples online and in-person at Lifeologie Counseling Dallas Uptown. She has appointments available now for new clients and especially enjoys helping them navigate the relationships, transitions, and emotional challenges that often come with adolescence and emerging adulthood.

Lily works with teens experiencing friendship difficulties, bullying, peer pressure, low self-esteem, emotional regulation challenges, anger, family conflict, identity concerns, and the transition from high school to college. With college students and young adults, she often works with anxiety, changing friendships, relationship concerns, identity and sexuality, substance use and college party culture, lifestyle changes, career uncertainty, and the feeling of being “behind” compared with peers.

Lily has a particular interest in working with young women experiencing anxious attachment and difficult relationship patterns. This may look like repeatedly returning to an unhealthy or on-and-off relationship, struggling to set boundaries, overthinking someone’s feelings or intentions, having difficulty letting go after a breakup, or feeling stuck in the same relationship patterns. She helps clients better understand what keeps these cycles going while building confidence, healthier boundaries, and a stronger sense of self.

As a member of Gen Z herself, Lily also understands the challenges of modern dating. She works with clients navigating dating apps, situationships, ghosting, mixed signals, dating anxiety, uncertainty around commitment, and the vulnerability of putting yourself out there. Her goal is to help clients approach dating and relationships in ways that feel more grounded in their own values, boundaries, and emotional needs.

Lily also enjoys working with young adults who want to make changes but find themselves slipping back into familiar patterns involving relationships, substance use, peer pressure, partying, friendships, or other lifestyle choices. She approaches these concerns without judgment, helping clients understand what keeps them stuck and identify realistic changes that align with the life they want for themselves. She also works with clients exploring identity, sex, sexuality, shame, and confidence.

Lily’s approach to therapy is conversational, collaborative, and authentic. She primarily draws from Attachment Theory, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Centered Therapy, and Systems Theory to help clients understand how their thoughts, emotions, past experiences, and relationships influence current patterns. She believes therapy can be a place to feel genuinely heard while also being challenged when needed. Sometimes that means sitting with an uncomfortable emotion, recognizing a pattern you have been avoiding, practicing a boundary, preparing for a difficult conversation, or taking a step you have been anxious to take.

Lily also works with young and Gen Z couples using Gottman Method-informed, attachment, and systems approaches. She helps couples identify recurring conflict patterns, strengthen communication, navigate relationship transitions, and build healthier patterns early in their relationships.

Lily earned her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Southern Methodist University and her Bachelor’s in Human Development and Family Sciences from Auburn University. Her additional training includes Gottman Method Levels 1 and 2, suicide risk assessment and safety planning, and addiction-focused coursework. She is currently completing additional training in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and has a particular interest in Relationship OCD (ROCD).

Originally from Newport Beach, California, Lily enjoys reading, watching scary movies, journaling, spending time with her family and partner, and exploring new restaurants and activities around Dallas.