Elizabeth Smith , LPC

Elizabeth Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 13 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and many life changes. Her work also includes issues like parenting stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and ADHD.

She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on what matters now and what small steps might help. She offers a calm space to talk through painful experiences and to try new ways of coping.

Elizabeth blends several therapy styles to match each person's needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral methods to address thoughts and behaviors. She uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values even when feelings are intense.

Her approach is also client-centered, so the person's goals guide the work. Emotionally-focused techniques are used when relationship or attachment patterns are central to the concern. She aims to make therapy collaborative and adaptable to real life.

Elizabeth has worked with a wide range of concerns across her career, including complex issues such as dissociation, codependency, and caregiver strain. People who come to her for help often want clear tools and steady support while working through transitions, loss, or ongoing stressful situations.

Evidence-informed approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, grief, and coping with life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches practical skills to shift those patterns, which is helpful for anxiety, mood concerns, sleep issues, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and the person's own goals so the therapist follows what matters most to the client and supports growth at their pace.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. This is a collaborative decision and can change over time as needs evolve.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and live chat or text messaging lets people keep momentum between sessions or fit brief check-ins into a busy day. These options make it easier to get help around work, childcare, or travel without changing therapeutic standards.