Elizabeth Smith, LCSW

Licensed in Oregon · 5 years in practice

Elizabeth Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings five years of clinical psychotherapy experience and over eight years in social work to her practice.

License and registration

LCSW, Oregon: L10772 · expires January 2028
NPI: 1760891832 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 5
Languages: English

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About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings five years of clinical psychotherapy experience and over eight years in social work to her practice. She focuses on helping people cope with anxiety, depression, stress, and mood disorders. Her work also addresses relationship and communication problems, parenting concerns, grief, and trauma-related struggles.

She favors a collaborative, person-centered approach. Sessions are direct and practical. Elizabeth listens first, then helps clients set small, clear goals they can try between meetings.

Background and approach

Her background includes supporting people with chronic mental health challenges as they rebuild routines and regain functioning. That experience shapes how she supports people through setbacks and major life changes, such as midlife transitions or adjusting after loss. Elizabeth uses techniques drawn from attachment-based work to improve close relationships and from cognitive behavioral methods to change unhelpful thought patterns.

She also incorporates mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation is a concern. People who tend to benefit are those looking for straightforward tools and steady support while they navigate anxiety, depression, parenting stresses, or relationship strains. Elizabeth aims to make therapy feel manageable and focused on what matters most to each person.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Elizabeth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Communication problems
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Elizabeth names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work focuses on how people relate to others. It looks at patterns from early relationships and helps people build safer, more connected interactions in current relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety or depression. These methods are useful for relationship strains, mood disorders, panic, and stress-related problems.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each person to choose and adapt methods based on their goals and what feels helpful. That collaboration includes trying different techniques and checking in about what is or isn’t working as progress continues.

Online sessions can be done by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful when visual cues help the work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, and messaging or chat can suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. This flexibility helps people fit therapy into a busy life, during work breaks, travel, or when coordinating care across time zones.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Elizabeth address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, trauma and abuse, relationship and communication problems, parenting, grief, and self-esteem issues.

What is her style of therapy?

Her approach is person-centered and collaborative. She listens, helps set small goals, and offers practical tools to try between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has five years of clinical psychotherapy experience and more than eight years working in social work and mental health settings.

What credential does she hold and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Oregon.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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