About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Bennett is a Virginia-based psychologist with 24 years of experience helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. She supports those facing parenting challenges and family conflict. Her approach focuses on steady support and practical steps clients can try between sessions.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can name what feels hard. Conversations center on how symptoms affect daily life and what changes would feel meaningful.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns linked to relationships, mood, and self-image, then helps people try small, manageable shifts. Her work draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address attachment wounds, abandonment concerns, and communication problems. She also supports people dealing with divorce, separation, and the emotional effects of sexual assault and abuse.
Issues like postpartum depression, midlife transitions, and questions about life purpose are commonly discussed in sessions. Elizabeth pays attention to feelings of guilt, shame, impulsivity, and low self-love that often accompany mood disorders and personality concerns. She helps people build clearer boundaries and steadier coping habits.
Over time the focus is on tools that reduce anxiety and improve everyday functioning. People meet her expecting practical, compassionate guidance and straightforward goals. She frames change as a step-by-step process and works collaboratively so clients remain in charge of their pace and priorities.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Elizabeth uses well-established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. One common approach focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety and depression; this helps people practice new responses to stress and mood shifts. Another approach centers on repairing attachment and relationship patterns by exploring core beliefs about safety and connection, which can reduce symptoms tied to abandonment and interpersonal conflict.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, and then suggest methods to try. Together they adjust the plan over time based on what feels most effective and manageable for the client.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation for full discussion, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging supports brief updates or more flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue work between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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