About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Moonan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Virginia with nine years of experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, and addiction. She also supports those facing relationship strain, family problems, work stress, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
Elizabeth keeps sessions warm and interactive. She treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Her style is direct but gentle, with room for practical problem solving and emotional support.
How Elizabeth works
She views therapy as one piece of whole health. That can include medication, community resources, or nutrition alongside talk therapy. She works within an environment that emphasizes belonging and community support.
Her approach blends cognitive-behavioral ideas with strengths-based and person-centered care. Conversations and strategies are tailored to each person’s needs and goals. The focus is on manageable steps that fit daily life.
Elizabeth helps people address attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, communication and commitment issues, and struggles with body image or eating. She also supports those dealing with anger, jealousy, isolation, money stress, and forgiveness. Her practice aims to empower people to build steadier coping skills and clearer direction.
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.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Elizabeth uses cognitive-behavioral ideas to help identify unhelpful thought patterns and build new coping skills; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses strengths-based techniques that focus on a person’s existing resources and skills to solve problems and foster resilience. Person-centered work shapes sessions around the individual’s needs and pace, prioritizing respect and empathy.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals and preferences. That planning can change over time as needs shift and progress is reviewed.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and face-to-face connection, phone works when video isn’t possible or bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins during a break, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and access licensed professionals from different locations within Virginia.
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