Elizabeth Haughey , LPCC

Elizabeth Haughey is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in California with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and eating concerns. Elizabeth aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where clients feel seen and heard. She emphasizes practical steps and steady support as people move toward their goals.

Her approach combines several evidence-based methods so care fits each person. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are offered for emotion regulation and coping under stress.

Attachment-Based Therapy informs how she looks at relationship patterns and feelings around abandonment or connection. Client-Centered Therapy guides sessions by centering the person’s own experience and choices. Elizabeth often blends methods so work matches real-life needs and priorities.

She draws on her own positive experience with therapy and aims to make therapy feel understandable and humane. Conversations focus on small, doable changes that add up over time. Topics she often addresses include body image, self-love, life purpose, and post-traumatic stress.

Sessions are presented with warmth and steady guidance. Elizabeth listens closely, points out patterns that might be holding someone back, and helps develop practical strategies. The goal is clearer direction and more manageable day-to-day living.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It focuses on accepting difficult feelings while taking steps toward a life that matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that cause distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Sessions are collaborative so methods can be adjusted over time to match real needs and responses.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the process. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into busy days. Live chat or text messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or when typed conversation feels easier to manage.

These options make it practical to maintain regular sessions, try different communication styles, and keep progress moving even when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT techniques effectively across these formats to support steady change.