About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Moonan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Virginia with nine years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, and life transitions. She also supports concerns such as addictions, relationship and family problems, anger, self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
Her style is warm, empathetic, and interactive. She treats people with respect and sensitivity. Sessions focus on practical conversation and clear steps a client can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Elizabeth sees therapy as one part of whole-person care. She discusses how medication, community resources, and nutrition can fit into a broader plan when relevant. Her practice aims to foster a sense of belonging and connection as part of healing.
Her work draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas, strengths-based thinking, and a person-centered way of talking. That means she helps clients notice unhelpful thinking patterns, build on what already works, and shape sessions around each person’s goals. Elizabeth tailors the pace and focus to each person.
She listens first, then collaborates on practical goals and steps. She acknowledges how hard the first step can be and aims to offer steady, respectful support throughout care.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Elizabeth uses cognitive-behavioral ideas to help people spot and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. This approach is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and managing daily stress by breaking problems into concrete steps.She also applies strengths-based work, which focuses on what a person already does well. Sessions look for existing skills and resources to build on, which can help with recovery from trauma, addictions, and feelings of emptiness.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Elizabeth works collaboratively to figure out which techniques fit a client’s goals and preferences. She listens to each person’s needs and adjusts pacing and methods over time so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, check-ins between sessions, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people connect in ways that fit their daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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