About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Lachendro is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. She brings 15 years of experience in mental health and substance use work. Her background includes helping people navigate anxiety and stress along with related concerns like depression and grief.
She uses a client-centered style that starts with listening. Elizabeth works with each person to set short- and long-term goals. Sessions focus on practical steps and real-life problems rather than labels.
Background and approach
Her practice draws from several evidence-informed approaches. Elizabeth uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness techniques to support coping and emotional regulation.
People often come to her for help with addictions, trauma, anger, relationship strain, and self-esteem. She also addresses sleep and eating difficulties, career stress, compassion fatigue, and issues around identity and intimacy. Elizabeth accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Work in her sessions tends to be straightforward and structured. Clients can expect collaborative planning, skill-building, and check-ins on progress. The aim is practical improvement in daily life and better ways to handle stress and anxiety.
To begin, she helps people make a plan that fits their situation and goals. Elizabeth adapts her approach as therapy progresses so strategies stay useful and relevant.
How Elizabeth blends approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice tough thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and living with difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that keep problems going, which often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating issues. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and increase calm, which pairs well with ACT and CBT.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elizabeth will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. She often combines approaches so sessions match what a person needs that week and over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging can be helpful for brief updates or when someone prefers written exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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