About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Coutts is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 34 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing relationship strain, grief, depression, anxiety, and substance concerns. Elizabeth aims to meet each person where they are and help them take the next step toward clearer thinking and steadier moods.
Elizabeth focuses on practical, everyday tools that can be used between sessions. She uses methods that help people notice their thoughts, manage strong emotions, and build clearer patterns of behavior.
How Elizabeth works
Conversations are shaped around the client’s goals and paced to fit their life. Her approach balances problem-solving with emotional understanding. That means talking through upsetting moments and also practicing small changes that add up over time.
She pays attention to attachment, family roles, and common stressors like career change, caregiving, and chronic health issues. Elizabeth has worked with many people over decades and adapts what she offers to each situation. Sessions may look different depending on what someone needs: skill practice, focused reflection, or planning next steps.
She values respect, sensitivity, and plain spoken guidance throughout the work. Starting therapy can feel hard, and Elizabeth treats that first step as important. People who want structured tools alongside compassionate listening may find her style helpful for coping with life changes, rebuilding confidence, and managing mood and stress.
Elizabeth lists 8 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.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 34 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions because it focuses on taking meaningful steps even when feelings are difficult.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feeling and behavior. This approach helps when relationship patterns, trust, or abandonment concerns are causing ongoing stress or repeated conflicts.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going. It is practical for mood, anxiety, and many everyday challenges because it teaches clear exercises and experiments to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean trying skill-based work, deeper attachment-focused conversation, or a mix of methods over time.
Online care offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, short problem-solving, or ongoing support between longer sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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