About Elizabeth
Dr. Elizabeth Cates is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama. She brings six years of clinical experience to her work and focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family concerns, grief, and depression.
She speaks English and offers a range of online session formats. She keeps sessions straightforward and focused. Parents will find short, practical steps they can try between meetings.
She aims to create a calm space to talk about what feels overwhelming right now.
Background and approach
In sessions she listens for patterns that keep stress and worry active. Then she helps people try small changes that can reduce tension and improve daily life. Conversations cover how relationships and family roles affect mood and stress levels.
Her background includes participation in professional counseling associations and an interest in approaches that draw on evidence and practical tools. This shapes a therapy style that balances listening with clear, usable suggestions. People often come with mixed concerns, such as anxiety alongside grief or relationship strain.
She works with each person to set realistic goals and develop steps that fit their routine. The focus is on helpful changes people can notice week to week.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Two evidence-based techniques often used in her work are structured skills training and grief-focused problem solving. Structured skills training teaches simple, repeatable tools for managing worry and stress, such as short breathing practices, activity planning, and thought-challenging. Grief-focused problem solving helps people organize difficult emotions and practical tasks that come after a loss, turning large problems into manageable steps.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist listens to current concerns, personal goals, and daily routines, then suggests options. Together the therapist and client decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep visual contact and work closely on skills. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and written reminders of tools and homework. These options help make regular therapy easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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