About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Baxt is a licensed marriage and family therapist with four decades of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical change - clearer thinking, better decisions, and less drama. She invites clients who want to improve relationships, reduce stress, and build a more fulfilling life.
Elizabeth uses an individualized approach. She tailors sessions to each person’s needs and prefers interactive work rather than a one-size-fits-all method.
Background and approach
Sessions may include guided imagery, art-based activities, and conversation to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping. Many clients leave a session with a concrete skill to use during the week. Elizabeth aims to teach problem-solving tools and coping strategies that people can practice between meetings.
She works at a pace set by the client and focuses on practical steps toward goals like better self-esteem, clearer choices, and healthier boundaries. Her background spans 40 years in clinical practice and community work. She brings long-term experience supporting people through grief, career transitions, parenting challenges, relationship strain, and compassion fatigue.
Her Oregon practice serves adults seeking steady, experienced guidance. Elizabeth offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to get started and then schedule sessions based on availability.
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How client-centered care works online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It emphasizes listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions. This approach can help with anxiety, stress, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and coping with life changes because it starts from what matters to the individual.The therapist also uses creative tools like guided imagery and art alongside conversation. Guided imagery helps people rehearse new reactions and calm their thinking. Art-based activities give a different way to notice patterns and feelings when words are hard to find.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elizabeth will collaborate with each client to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan based on how the client responds so therapy stays focused and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and practice new interaction skills. Phone sessions can be easier when a quieter space is available or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing reflection between longer meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- California, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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