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Lita Ellsworth, LCSW

Compassionate therapist for grief and anxiety

10 years in practice · based in New Jersey · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Lita

Lita Ellsworth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with about 10 years of clinical experience. She is licensed in New Jersey and Florida and focuses on grief, loss, and trauma while also addressing stress and anxiety. She presents a calm, respectful approach for people who are nervous about starting therapy.

Lita helps people talk through self-esteem and confidence concerns. She also supports clients facing career challenges and major life changes.

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Background and approach

Her work includes attention to relationship strains and family-related worries without running family sessions as a requirement. Her approach centers on listening first and then building practical steps together. Sessions aim to clarify what feels most urgent and to try manageable strategies between meetings.

She treats topics like grief, bipolar depression, and the aftermath of abuse with sensitivity and steadiness. Lita also addresses issues tied to infidelity, jealousy, and paranoia in relationships. She helps people rebuild trust in themselves and develop tools to reduce daily stress and anxiety.

Conversations tend to be direct, warm, and paced to each person’s needs. Signing up for therapy is framed as a meaningful first move. After the initial match and scheduling, Lita works collaboratively so people can move at a comfortable pace toward clearer coping, better routines, and more stable emotional ground.

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Lita uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. For grief and loss she focuses on helping individuals tell their story, process difficult emotions, and create routines that support healing. For trauma and anxiety she emphasizes grounding and coping skills that reduce overwhelm and make day-to-day stress easier to manage.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She partners with clients to identify goals, tests different strategies, and adjusts methods based on what feels helpful. The process is collaborative and paced to the client's comfort and needs.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls let people use body language and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can suit quick check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue care across different life circumstances.
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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Lita works with grief and loss, trauma and abuse, stress and anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, self-esteem, career issues, coping with life changes, relationship and family worries, and grief-related problems. She also focuses on infidelity, jealousy, and paranoia.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The style is calm, respectful, and straightforward. She listens first, then helps clients try practical steps and coping strategies between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has about 10 years of clinical experience working with grief, loss, trauma, and related concerns. Her background includes supporting people through major life transitions and career difficulties.
What credentials and region should I know about?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - licensed in Florida and New Jersey and practices from New Jersey.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats does she use?
She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
New Jersey, Florida
Languages
English

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