About Liza
Liza White is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. Liza aims to make first steps toward change feel less overwhelming and more doable.
She creates a calm space where people can talk about hard feelings without judgment. Sessions focus on understanding what matters most to the client and building practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Liza emphasizes listening first, then working together to try new ways of coping. Her approach blends several methods to match each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers tools for emotional regulation and handling intense moments. Mindfulness techniques are added when slowing down and noticing sensations helps reduce reactivity. Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck or unsure about change by clarifying values and next steps.
Client-Centered Therapy keeps the relationship and the person’s own goals at the center. With 12 years of experience, Liza draws on practical skills rather than jargon. She supports people through life transitions, parenting strains, intimacy concerns, self-esteem problems, and attention-related struggles.
Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules. People interested in beginning can expect straightforward conversations and a focus on small, realistic changes. Liza helps clients prioritize what to try first and checks in about what is working as therapy continues.
How Liza’s Methods Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience and goals at the center of sessions, with the therapist listening closely and following the client’s lead to build trust and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving emotional regulation when reactions feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, try techniques together, and adjust methods based on what seems to help. That way the plan stays collaborative and tailored to the person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls let people see facial cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, mood tracking, or when writing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent alongside work, family, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Washington
- Languages
- English