About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Brennan is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with eight years of clinical experience. She provides practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Elizabeth aims to create a calm space where people can speak honestly and be heard.
Elizabeth has worked across public mental health settings in roles that included direct care, assessment, case management, and therapy. Her background also includes community art work and a foundation in social work and fine art from undergraduate study.
How Elizabeth works
She completed graduate study and has continued to blend creative approaches with clinical skills. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns such as trauma and abuse, addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, body image, sleep and eating struggles, and caregiver stress. She also supports people navigating intimacy-related issues, relationship and communication problems, blended family dynamics, and adoption or foster care questions.
Elizabeth brings attention to both emotional and practical challenges, including chronic pain and co-morbid conditions. In sessions she uses client-centered techniques alongside cognitive and mindfulness-based tools. She also draws on dialectical strategies and EMDR when appropriate, tailoring interventions to what each person needs.
Elizabeth emphasizes collaboration: she listens, offers clear options, and helps people try skills that fit their life. Outside of therapy she makes pottery, paints watercolors, gardens, and ferments foods. That creative side often informs how she works, inviting personal expression and new ways to cope and grow.
Elizabeth lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Elizabeth works with
The areas below are the ones Elizabeth selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Elizabeth commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience so they feel understood and guided rather than directed. This approach helps people build confidence, explore values, and set goals that fit their life.She also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and try out new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and patterns that keep people stuck. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) elements are used to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication when strong feelings get in the way.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will ask about needs, goals, and past experiences and will suggest methods to try. Together they will review what helps and adjust the plan over time so the work feels useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone works well for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult, and chat or messaging can suit brief check-ins, journaling-style exchanges, or times when typing fits a person's schedule. These options let people fit therapy into work, home life, or travel while keeping consistent contact with a licensed professional.
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