Elizabeth Phelan , LPC

Elizabeth Phelan is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Connecticut with over three decades of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She also supports those facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, and concerns related to women’s issues and young adulthood.

Her background includes long work as a school counselor and time in private practice. That mix gives her experience with adolescents and adults who need practical guidance. She aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every session.

Sessions are shaped around each person’s needs. She works with clients to build a plan that fits their situation and goals. The approach is collaborative and adaptable, with attention to what feels useful in day-to-day life.

Elizabeth has a broad interest in emotional and behavioral concerns such as addiction, ADHD, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and eating issues. She also addresses multicultural and immigration-related stress and communication or family problems. This range reflects many years of varied clinical work.

People can expect straightforward conversations about coping skills, problem-solving, and ways to improve relationships and self-esteem. She encourages small, practical steps that add up to meaningful change. The focus is on what helps a person move forward.

Her practice accepts clients in Connecticut and international clients in English. Elizabeth emphasizes collaboration and pacing the work to match each person’s readiness and goals.

How therapeutic approaches meet online care

Elizabeth uses evidence-based techniques that focus on skills and real-life problem solving. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and building new ways to respond to stress and anxiety; this helps with panic, SAD, and general worry. Another strand of work centers on coping with trauma and its effects by pacing difficult material, grounding in the present, and rehearsing safety and coping strategies so day-to-day functioning improves.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. She will work together with each person to decide which techniques to try based on their goals, symptoms, and preferences. Sessions are adjusted over time to see what helps most and to pace the work in a way that feels manageable.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues for richer conversation. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging offer flexibility for brief contacts and ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to connect across locations.