About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Newman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington who helps people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma. She works with adults and teens to address emotional overwhelm, grief, anger, and struggles with self-esteem. Her approach is direct and caring, focused on practical steps people can use day to day.
Elizabeth uses a client-centered style that keeps the person's goals in view. She blends mindfulness and skills-based strategies so people learn tools they can practice between sessions.
Background and approach
Sessions are goal-oriented and paced to each person’s needs. Her background includes six years of clinical work and licensure as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington. That experience includes helping people build better distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills after trauma or difficult life changes.
In sessions she talks through thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to find realistic changes that fit a person’s life. She draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and on dialectical-behavior skills for mood and relationship challenges. Mindfulness helps people notice reactions without judgment so they can respond more deliberately.
Elizabeth aims to create a steady, practical space where people can practice new ways of coping. She also supports parents facing family stress and those dealing with compassion fatigue or career-related strain. Work together focuses on small, meaningful steps toward the changes a person wants.
Practical approaches for online therapy
Elizabeth combines client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral strategies to help people make concrete changes. Client-centered Therapy focuses on listening, understanding a person’s goals, and shaping sessions around those priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and teaches new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to improve emotional regulation and distress tolerance. DBT teaches clear, step-by-step skills for handling strong emotions, managing relationships, and reducing impulsive reactions. These approaches fit well for people coping with trauma, anger, anxiety, or repeated patterns that cause pain.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences. That initial conversation helps shape a plan and lets people try techniques to see what helps.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging fit quick check-ins or brief skill practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep practicing skills between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Washington
- Languages
- English