Lissi is an internationally published poet, a psychotherapist, and a professor. She draws on her professional experience for much of her work, seeking to give a voice through her writing to those who have been affected by addiction, mental illness, and trauma. She also writes haiku about love and nature. Publications include Reverie Street (Chatham College), Collage (Middle Tennessee State University), The Nightingale Poetry Journal, and international anthologies PS: It’s Still Poetry Volume II (Poetry Soup) and Into Pieces (Oprelle Publishing). Her literary influences are Edgar Allan Poe, Sylvia Plath, Robert Frost, and lyricists Scott Weiland and Nikki Sixx.