About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Barthol is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. Her work is grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion for each person who reaches out.
Elizabeth adapts conversations and plans to fit what a person needs right now. She helps people talk through life changes, grief, trauma and issues related to identity.
Background and approach
Practical goals often include building coping skills, improving confidence, and managing intense moods or overwhelm. When someone is facing burnout or compassion fatigue, Elizabeth pays attention to both emotional strain and real-life pressures. She also supports people dealing with ADHD-related challenges, anger, or relationship and communication problems.
Topics such as adoption, blended family concerns, and caregiver stress are part of her background as well. Her approach is collaborative. Sessions tend to focus on clear, doable steps rather than abstract theory.
Elizabeth encourages small changes that add up and checks in about what is and isn’t working. People who contact her usually want practical strategies and steady support while handling difficult feelings. She frames progress as a series of manageable steps and helps people find ways to move forward from stress and anxiety toward better day-to-day functioning.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Elizabeth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on learning skills and changing unhelpful patterns. One common approach helps people notice and shift thinking and behavior that fuel anxiety and depression; it teaches specific tools for managing worry and mood. Another approach centers on building practical coping strategies for stress, trauma reactions, and emotional overwhelm, with attention to problem-solving and pacing to prevent burnout.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose strategies and adjust them over time so work in sessions fits real-life needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick reflections, notes between sessions, or ongoing support during busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or caregiving schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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